Where does “cavalgar” come from?
cavalgar (Portuguese) comes from Late Latin caballicare, from Latin caballico, from Latin -ico, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.
cavalgar (Portuguese): to ride a horse; to jump over; to ride
Definitions
- to ride a horse; to jump over; to ride
Ancestry of “cavalgar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Late Latin | caballicare | present active infinitive of caballicō;... |
| 2 | Latin | caballico | I mount a horse; I ride |
| 3 | Latin | -ico | forms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes... |
| 4 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |