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Where does “caballārius” come from?

caballārius (Latin) comes from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

Ancestry of “caballārius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
2Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
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