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caballus.

horse, riding horse, packhorse; (classical usu. an inferior horse, nag);

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[kaˈbal.lʊs]Classical-Latin[kaˈbal.lus]

  1. pack-horse, jade, hack

    declension-2 · masculine

  2. nag

    declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Uncertain; from Vulgar Latin, often cited as borrowed from Gaulish *kaballos, from Proto-Celtic *kaballos, perhaps ultimately an Asiatic borrowing or Wanderwort, compare Ancient Greek καβάλλης (kabállēs, “nag”), Proto-Slavic *kobýla (“mare”), Persian کول (kaval, “second class horse of mixed blood”), and possibly Karakhanid [Term?] (kevel (at), “well-bred fast (horse)”). Alternatively, borrowed alongside Greek from Proto-Iranian *kabah, *kabalah, compare Khotanese [script needed] (kabä, “horse”), Persian کول (kaval), and possibly cognate with Latin cabō (“gelding”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kebʰ- (“worn-out horse, nag”).

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