Where does “cavalcare” come from?

cavalcare (Italian) comes from Medieval Latin caballico, from Latin -ico, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.

cavalcare (Italian): to ride; to sit astride on; to pass by with a...

Definitions

  1. to ride; to sit astride on; to pass by with a...

Ancestry of “cavalcare”, step by step

cavalcare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Medieval Latin caballico

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval LatincaballicoI mount a horse; I ride
2Latin-icoforms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes...
3Latin-oforms masculine agent nouns, positive and...
4Proto-Italic-ōd—
5Proto-Indo-European-éad—

via Late Latin caballico

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincaballico—
2Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
3Proto-Celtickaballoshorse

Words derived from “cavalcare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éad →