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Where does “kavaleri” come from?

kavaleri (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French cavalerie, from Italian cavalleria, from Italian cavaliere, from Old Occitan cavalier, from Late Latin caballarius, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

kavaleri (Norwegian Bokmål): cavalry

Definitions

  1. cavalry

Ancestry of “kavaleri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcavaleriecavalry
2Italiancavalleriacavalry; chivalry; gallantry
3Italiancavaliererider or horseman; cavalryman or trooper; an...
4Old Occitancavalier—
5Late Latincaballariushorseman
6Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
7Proto-Celtickaballoshorse

Words derived from “kavaleri”

  • kavalerist
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