Where does “cavallaio” come from?

cavallaio (Italian) comes from Italian cavallo, from Spanish caballo, from New Latin cavallus, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

cavallaio (Italian): groom (person who cares for horses), hostler

Definitions

  1. groom (person who cares for horses), hostler

Ancestry of “cavallaio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancavallohorse; horsepower; knight
2Spanishcaballohorse; knight; heroin
3New Latincavallushorse
4Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
5Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from New Latin cavallus →