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Originally Posted by PartyGirlUK
^^^ from equine but yah.
I'd actually read that caballo = Spanish for horse & always thought it was odd since "Damas y caballeros" is a common ring announcer refrain during a fight with a Hispanic boxer.
Not odd at all. It means "ladies and gentlemen" in most cultures, a "gentleman" was of the upper class, like a knight- thus a horseman.
The French equivalent is"chevalier"
Also, the complete Latin nomenclature of the horse is equus caballus
Thus the source of the word root in those languages