Where does “chevalerie” come from?

chevalerie (Old French) comes from Old French cheval, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

chevalerie (Old French): chivalry

Definitions

  1. chivalry

Ancestry of “chevalerie”, step by step

chevalerie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French cheval

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

via Old French chevaler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchchevalerAlternative form of chevalier

Words derived from “chevalerie”

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