RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia Wikipedia ri·val·rous (rī′vəl-rəs) adj. Characterized by or given to rivalry or competition. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright...
We would add the example of French chevalerie (chivalry) from French chevalier (knight), i.e., English chivalry could have come in more or less directly (with slight form modification of the French noun root cheval meaning "horse," to chival, which apparently did occur ...