Etymology

caple

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Today it means: A horse. Full definition →

Old Norse kapall ← Latin caballus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcaballus
  2. Old Norse · derived fromkapall
  3. English todaycaple

From Old Norse kapall, from Latin caballus. Doublet of cheval.

Words from the same roots

Latincaballus all →

cavalierchevaliercapelcaballeria

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.