Where does “cabra” come from?

cabra (Chavacano) comes from Spanish cabra, from Old Spanish cabra, from Latin capra, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.

cabra (Chavacano): goat

Definitions

  1. goat

Ancestry of “cabra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcabrafemale goat; goat; girl
2Old Spanishcabra—
3Latincapraa she-goat; the odor of armpits; vocative...
4Latincapera male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of...
5Proto-Italic*kaproshe-goat
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáproshe-goat, billy goat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kápros →Every word from Proto-Italic *kapros →Every word from Latin caper →