Knight means simply a boy. (Saxon, cniht.) As boys (like the Latin puer and French garcon) were used
as servants, so cniht came to mean a servant. Those who served the feudal kings bore arms, and persons
admitted to this privilege were the king's knights; as this distinction was limited to men of family, the word
became a title of honour next to the nobility. In modern Latin, a knight is termed auratus (golden), from
the gilt spurs which he used to wear.