From Middle English chivalrie, a late 13th century loan from Old French chevalerie ("knighthood, chivalry, nobility, cavalry") (11th century), the -erie abstract of chevaler, from Medieval Latin caballarius ("horseman, knight"), from caballus. Medieval Latin caballaria ("knighthood, status or fief of a knight") dates to the 12th century. cavalry.
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