Where does “caballero” come from?

caballero (Spanish) comes from Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

caballero (Spanish): gentleman; cowboy; horseman

Definitions

  1. gentleman; cowboy; horseman

Ancestry of “caballero”, step by step

caballero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin caballārius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaballāriushorseman, rider
2Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
3Proto-Celtickaballoshorse

via Old Spanish cavallero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishcavallero—

Words derived from “caballero”

Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from Latin caballārius →