Where does “cavalcade” come from?
cavalcade (Old French) comes from Old Italian cavalcata, from Italian cavalcare, from Medieval Latin caballico, from Latin -ico, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.
Ancestry of “cavalcade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Italian | cavalcata | — |
| 2 | Italian | cavalcare | to ride; to sit astride on; to pass by with a... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | caballico | I mount a horse; I ride |
| 4 | Latin | -ico | forms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |