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{{discussionsection|cavallo}}
This Italian word's etymology section describes it as "wordplay" on the name of Alexander's horse. Is that so? [[User:-sche|- -sche]] [[User talk:-sche|(discuss)]] 07:35, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
*Famously, Latin {{term|caballus}} is not a native word, and presumably was borrowed from somewhere, but etymologists have not agreed on a source. I have never heard this theory before though and it sounds very speculative. Different books I have suggest Gaulish or Anatolian sources; for our purposes I'd think it's best just to say ‘origin uncertain’. <span class="latinx" >[[User:Widsith|Ƿidsiþ]]</span> 07:42, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
:*Ridiculous. The origin of {{term|caballus}} is questionable (and our etym could probably do a better job), but the origin of {{term|cavallo}} is not. I will remove the stupidity in a day or so if nobody comes up with a good reason why I shouldn't. --[[User:Metaknowledge|Μετάknowledge]]<small><sup>''[[User talk:Metaknowledge|discuss]]/[[Special:Contributions/Metaknowledge|deeds]]''</sup></small> 15:33, 13 June 2012 (UTC)⏎
::I suspect the "wordplay" theory is referring to Latin ''caballus'', not to ''cavallo'', but either way it needs to go if it can't be backed up with published sources. —[[User:Angr|'''An''']][[User talk:Angr|''gr'']] 19:02, 13 June 2012 (UTC)