Where does “caballo” come from?

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

caballo (Spanish): horse; knight; heroin

Definitions

  1. horse; knight; heroin

Ancestry of “caballo”, step by step

caballo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via New Latin cavallus

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

via Late Latin caballus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincaballushorse

Words derived from “caballo”

Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →