Where does “cavallo” come from?

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

cavallo (Italian): horse; horsepower; knight

Definitions

  1. horse; horsepower; knight

Ancestry of “cavallo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cavallo”

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