caballo

/kaˈbaʝo/ · A2 · noun · m

horse

🐴 From Latin caballus (nag); same root as cavalry and cavalier

Latin caballus, a workhorse, replaced classical equus in everyday speech. English borrowed the same root as cavalry, cavalier and chivalry, so caballo is the horse inside those words. A caballero is literally a horseman.

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