chevalier
Old French
noun
Definitions
- knight
- (chess) knight
Etymology
Inherited from Latin caballārius, caballus (pack horse, horse, nag, jade).
Origin
Latin
caballus
Gloss
pack horse, horse, nag, jade
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
馬
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- caballine English
- capel English
- *caballaricius Latin
- caballaria Latin
- caballarius Latin
- caballico Latin
- caballicāre Latin
- caballicō Latin
- caballinus Latin
- caballus Latin
- caballārem, caballaris, caballāris Latin
- caballāris Latin
- caballārius Latin
- cavallus Latin
- cavallaio Italian
- cavallo Italian
- cheval French
- chevalier French
- caballero Spanish, Castilian
- caballo Spanish, Castilian
- cavalo Portuguese
- kapall Old Norse
- cheval Old French
- chevalerie Old French
- keval Old French
- kevalier Old French
- cal Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cârlan Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- καβαλάρης Greek (modern)
- qùeva Norman
- kalë Albanian
- chevalier Middle French
- cavaleiro Old Portuguese
- cavalo Old Portuguese
- *kapallos Proto-Celtic
- cal Aromanian
- chaval Romansh
- caballu Asturian
- cjaval Friulian
- cjavalâr Friulian
- caval Old Occitan
- cavalier Old Occitan
- chavaler Old Occitan
- cavaddu Sicilian
- cavało Venetian
- caval Dalmatian
- kabálu Kabuverdianu
- chevau Bourguignon
- chevaulei Bourguignon
- caddu Sardinian
- *kaballos Gaulish
- caballos Gaulish
- caval Istriot
- cavallu Corsican
- caballo Aragonese
- cheval Franco-Provençal
- cvalier Picard
- cvau Picard