The story
- Proto-Celtic*kaballosder.?
- Latincaballus
- Late Latincaballicō
- Old Italiancavalcare
- Old Italiancavalcata
- Old Frenchcavalcade
- Frenchcavalcade
- English todaycavalcade
From French cavalcade, from Old French cavalcade, from Old Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare (“to ride on horseback”), from Medieval Latin caballicō, from Vulgar Latin caballus (“horse”). Doublet of chevauchee.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.