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Where does “acaballar” come from?

acaballar (Spanish) comes from Spanish caballo, from New Latin cavallus, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

acaballar (Spanish): to copulate; to stack, pile

Definitions

  1. to copulate; to stack, pile

Ancestry of “acaballar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcaballohorse; knight; heroin
2New Latincavallushorse
3Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
4Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
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