Where does “cavaleiro” come from?

cavaleiro (Old Portuguese) comes from Late Latin caballarius, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

cavaleiro (Old Portuguese): knight; a noble ranked below an "infançon" and...

Definitions

  1. knight; a noble ranked below an "infançon" and...

Ancestry of “cavaleiro”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cavaleiro”

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