CABALLUM → caballo · cheval · cavallo
The slang word won: CABALLUS, a nag, replaced noble EQUUS in all six. French softened its c before a into ch, as in chat, chose, chanter; Catalan turned the ll palatal (cavall); Romanian wore it down to a single syllable, cal.
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CABALLUM
‘horse (Latin: nag, workhorse)’
Latin accusative; a colloquial word for a workhorse, beside literary EQUUS
Latin accusative; a colloquial word for a workhorse, beside literary EQUUS
Latin accusative; a colloquial word for a workhorse, beside literary EQUUS
Latin accusative; a colloquial word for a workhorse, beside literary EQUUS
Latin accusative; a colloquial word for a workhorse, beside literary EQUUS
Latin accusative; a colloquial word for a workhorse, beside literary EQUUS
The slang word won: CABALLUS, a nag, replaced noble EQUUS in all six. French softened its c before a into ch, as in chat, chose, chanter; Catalan turned the ll palatal (cavall); Romanian wore it down to a single syllable, cal.
Forms are written in IPA, the International Phonetic Alphabet: one symbol, one sound. Stressed syllables carry ˈ. Dates are approximate and given only where the handbooks agree. 24 word journeys.