Etymology

cheval

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Today it means: A support or frame. Full definition →

French cheva ← Middle French cheval ← Old French cheval
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The story

  1. Proto-Celtic*kaballosder.?
  2. Latincaballus
  3. Old Frenchcheval
  4. Middle Frenchcheval
  5. Frenchcheva
  6. English todaycheval

Borrowed from French cheval. See cavalcade. Doublet of caple.

Words from the same roots

Frenchcheval all →

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