Where does “cvalier” come from?

cvalier (Picard) comes from Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

cvalier (Picard): knight

Definitions

  1. knight

Ancestry of “cvalier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaballāriushorseman, rider
2Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
3Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from Latin caballārius →