Where does “kabalyero” come from?

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

kabalyero (Tagalog): The peacock flower

Definitions

  1. The peacock flower

Ancestry of “kabalyero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcaballerogentleman; cowboy; horseman
2Latincaballāriushorseman, rider
3Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
4Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from Latin caballārius →
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