Where does “caval” come from?

caval (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan caval, from Late Latin caballus, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

caval (Occitan): horse

Definitions

  1. horse

Ancestry of “caval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitancavalhorse
2Late Latincaballushorse
3Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
4Proto-Celtickaballoshorse

Words derived from “caval”

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