Caballine
/kəˈbæl.ɪn/noun
Relating to horses.
Did you know?Caballine comes from Latin caballus, a common word for a horse that also gave English words like chivalry and cavalry through different historical routes.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*káḱlos / *kap-
“A disputed pre-Latin horse-root is sometimes proposed, but the exact deeper origin of Latin caballus is uncertain.”
Classical Latin
Latin
caballus
“A horse, especially a workhorse or nag.”
Late Latin
Latin
caballīnus
“Of or belonging to a horse.”
Middle English
English
cabalin / caballine
“Horse-like; relating to horses.”
Modern English
English
caballine
“Relating to horses.”