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caballus
Late Latin · ancient
"a horse"
a horse, especially a workhorse
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chevalier
Old French · medieval
"a horseman, a knight"
a horseman, a knight, from cheval (horse, from caballus)
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chivalrous
English · 1300s
"behaving with the honor and courtesy of an ideal knight"
settled as the English word for behaving with the honor and courtesy of an ideal knight
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