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

Definitions

  1. horse

Ancestry of “cheval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchchevalhorse
2Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
3Proto-Celtickaballoshorse

Words derived from “cheval”

Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from Old French cheval →
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