Where does “cheval” come from?
cheval (Middle French) comes from Old French cheval, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.
cheval (Middle French): horse
Ancestry of “cheval”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | cheval | horse |
| 2 | Latin | caballus | horse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | kaballos | horse |
Words derived from “cheval”