Where does “caballón” come from?

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

caballón (Spanish): a ridge of earth, especially between furrows, for irrigation, or as a result of a burial on the ground

Definitions

  1. a ridge of earth, especially between furrows, for irrigation, or as a result of a burial on the ground

Ancestry of “caballón”, step by step

caballón traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish caballo

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

via Spanish ón

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishón—
Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from New Latin cavallus →