caballeria

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcaballus“horse”
2. Late Latin · derived fromcaballārius“horseman, rider”
3. Spanish · borrowed fromcaballería
4. English todaycaballeria

From Spanish caballería, from caballero (“horseman, gentleman, cowboy”) + -ía (“-y: forming nouns”), from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman, rider”), from Latin caballus (“horse”) + -ārius (“-ary”). Doublet of cavalry and chivalry.

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