Where does “chevauchier” come from?

chevauchier (Middle French) comes from Old French chevauchier, from Late Latin caballico, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

chevauchier (Middle French): to mount a horse

Definitions

  1. to mount a horse

Ancestry of “chevauchier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchchevauchierto mount a horse; to ride on horseback, usually...
2Late Latincaballico—
3Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
4Proto-Celtickaballoshorse

Words derived from “chevauchier”

Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from Late Latin caballico →