Where does “kavalrio” come from?
kavalrio (Ido) comes from English cavalry, from Middle French cavalerie, from Italian cavalleria, from Italian cavaliere, from Old Occitan cavalier, from Late Latin caballarius, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.
kavalrio (Ido): cavalry
Definitions
- cavalry
Ancestry of “kavalrio”, step by step
kavalrio traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English cavalry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cavalry | The military arm of service that fights while... |
| 2 | Middle French | cavalerie | — |
| 3 | Italian | cavalleria | cavalry; chivalry; gallantry |
| 4 | Italian | cavaliere | rider or horseman; cavalryman or trooper; an... |
| 5 | Old Occitan | cavalier | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | caballarius | horseman |
| 7 | Latin | caballus | horse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | kaballos | horse |
via Spanish caballería
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | caballería | cavalry; any animal used for riding; mount;... |
| 2 | Spanish | -ía | Suffix indicating the first-person singular... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -είᾱ | Superficially appears in abstract nouns derived from σ-stem adjectives, with the true suffix being |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via German Kavallerie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kavallerie | cavalry |
| 2 | French | cavalerie | cavalry |