chevalier
French
noun
Definitions
- knight
- sandpiper bird
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French chevalier inherited from Old French chevalier 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
🎠 🏇 🐴 🦓
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
- Kavalier German
- Kavaliersdelikt German
- Kavaliersschmerzen German
- cavallaio Italian
- cavallo Italian
- cheval French
- chevaleresque French
- chevaleresquement French
- chevalière French
- caballero Spanish, Castilian
- caballo Spanish, Castilian
- cavalo Portuguese
- chivaler Middle English
- kapall Old Norse
- cheval Old French
- chevalerie Old French
- chevalier Old French
- keval Old French
- kevalier Old French
- cavaller Catalan, Valencian
- cavalleria Catalan, Valencian
- cal Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cârlan Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- καβαλάρης Greek (modern)
- şövalye Turkish
- qùeva Norman
- kalë Albanian
- chevalier Middle French
- cavaleiro Old Portuguese
- cavalo Old Portuguese
- *kapallos Proto-Celtic
- швалер Macedonian
- cal Aromanian
- chaval Romansh
- caballu Asturian
- cjaval Friulian
- cjavalâr Friulian
- caval Old Occitan
- cavalier Old Occitan
- chavaler Old Occitan
- cavaddu Sicilian
- cavało Venetian
- chevaler xno
- 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