Where does “cavală” come from?
cavală (Romanian) comes from French cavale, from Occitan cavala, from Italian cavalla, from Latin caballa, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
cavală (Romanian): mare
Definitions
- mare
Ancestry of “cavală”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cavale | mare; escape; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Occitan | cavala | mare |
| 3 | Italian | cavalla | mare; female equivalent of cavallo |
| 4 | Latin | caballa | mare |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |