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
Ancestry of “caballo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | New Latin | cavallus | horse |
| 2 | Latin | caballus | horse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | kaballos | horse |
Words derived from “caballo”