Where does “cauallero” come from?

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

cauallero (Old Spanish): knight

Definitions

  1. knight

Ancestry of “cauallero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincaballariushorseman
2Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
3Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from Late Latin caballarius →