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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)

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