Where does “kabayo” come from?

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

kabayo (Maranao): knight; horseman

Definitions

  1. knight; horseman

Ancestry of “kabayo”, step by step

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