Etymograph

English

eques

Eques comes from Latin eques ‘horseman, knight’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus ‘swift, quick’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*HéHḱus‘swift, quick’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éḱwos‘stallion, horse’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ekwos‘horse’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEequus‘horse’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEeques‘horseman, knight’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*HéHḱus‘swift, quick’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éḱwos‘stallion, horse’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ekwos‘horse’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEequus‘horse’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEeques‘horseman, knight’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin equus ‘horse’

zebra, equine, 7 more

Today it means

noun A member of the equestrian order (Latin: ordo equester), the lower of the two aristocratic classes of Ancient Rome, ranking below the patricians.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus / eques

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