köken: From Middle High German ritter, from Middle Dutch ridder, Flemish byform of rîder, from rîden + -er (equivalent to German reiten + -er). In Middle High German, both ritter and rīter (whence modern Reiter) were used in the sense of “horseman”, “mounted man-at-arms”, as well as for the (emerging) rank of “knight”, and, by generalisation, any member of the lower nobility. Gradually, both forms were…
köken: Inherited from Middle French chevalier, from Old French chevalier, from Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus. Doublet of cavalier.
aile: chevaleresse, chevalier blanc, chevalier cuivré, chevalier de la manchette, chevalier de la rosette, chevalier d'honneur, chevalier d'industrie, chevalier du guet, chevalier errant, chevalier servant
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cavaleiro, from Late Latin caballārius, from caballus (“horse”) + -ārius. By surface analysis, cavalo (“horse”) + -eiro. Doublet of cavalheiro, through Spanish caballero.
knight (warrior of the Middle Ages) · knight (person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch) · knight (member of any of the three official honorary orders of Finland)
çekim: çoğul ritarit · tamlayan ritarin
köken: From Middle Low German Ritter, possibly via Old Swedish riddare. First attested in the 15th century.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *kaballosder.? Late Latin caballus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Late Latin -āriusnom. Late Latin -ārius Late Latin caballāriusder. Old Occitan cavalierbor. Italian cavalierebor. French cavalierbor. ▲ Italian cavalierebor. Russian кавале́р (kavalér)bor. Romanian cavaler Borrowed from Russian кавале́р (kavalér), from French cavalier, Italian…
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos Proto-Italic *ekwos Latin equus Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Latin -es Latin eques From equus (“horse”) + -es (“-faring”). Compare pedes, mīles for similar formations.
knight (a medieval horseman) · knight (a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch) · knight (a member of the equestrian order in Ancient Rome)
çekim: çoğul riddere · tamlayan ridders
köken: From Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”), from Middle Dutch riddere, a Flemish variant of rîdere, from rîden (“to ride”) + -er. It was used to translate Old French chevalier (“knight”). The Dutch word was also borrowed to German Ritter, Old Norse riddari, and Swedish riddare.