Which Language Is Caballus?

From the Latin caballus, the modern European languages derive their words for horse. In French, horse is cheval. In Spanish, caballo, Portuguese, cavalo, and in Italian cavallo. English also pulls plenty of words out of this Latin word.

What does Caballus mean in Latin?

Noun. caballus m (genitive caballī); second declension. (Late Latin) horse; nag. pack-horse, jade, hack.

Is Equus Latin?

The word equus is Latin for "horse" and is cognate with the Greek ἵππος (hippos, "horse") and Mycenaean Greek i-qo /ikkʷos/, the earliest attested variant of the Greek word, written in Linear B syllabic script. Compare the alternative development of the Proto-Greek labiovelar in Ionic ἴκκος (ikkos).

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