equus

Signification (Anglais)

(declension-2, masculine) horse
(declension-2, masculine) steed, charger

cheval

🐴

mannus

burricus

Equus caballus

άλογο

ίππος

caval

hesp

🐴

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈɛ.kʊs]

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos Proto-Italic *ekwos Latin equus Inherited from Proto-Italic *ekwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos), Sanskrit अश्व (áśva), Persian اسب (asb), Old Armenian էշ (ēš, “donkey”), Tocharian B yakwe, and Gaulish epos. Respelt with ⟨quu⟩ for the earlier ⟨quo⟩/⟨cu⟩ in post-Augustan times on the analogy of oblique cases.