Where does “cabalgar” come from?
cabalgar (Spanish) comes from Portuguese cavalgar, from Late Latin caballicare, from Latin caballico, from Latin -ico, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.
cabalgar (Spanish): to mount an animal, especially a horse; to ride...
Definitions
- to mount an animal, especially a horse; to ride...
Ancestry of “cabalgar”, step by step
cabalgar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese cavalgar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | cavalgar | to ride a horse; to jump over; to ride |
| 2 | Late Latin | caballicare | present active infinitive of caballicō;... |
| 3 | Latin | caballico | I mount a horse; I ride |
| 4 | Latin | -ico | forms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |
via Late Latin caballico
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | caballico | — |