Where does “cavalletta” come from?

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

cavalletta (Italian): grasshopper

Definitions

  1. grasshopper

Ancestry of “cavalletta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancavallohorse; horsepower; knight
2Spanishcaballohorse; knight; heroin
3New Latincavallushorse
4Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
5Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
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