Where does “Capricorn” come from?

Capricorn comes from Latin Capricornus, from Latin caper meaning goat, traced to Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂-.

Capricorn (English): Someone with a Capricorn star sign

Definitions

  1. Someone with a Capricorn star sign

Ancestry of “Capricorn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchCapricorneCapricorn
2LatinCapricornusCapricornus, the constellation of the zodiac
3Latincapera male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of...
4Proto-Italic*kaproshe-goat
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáproshe-goat, billy goat

Words derived from “Capricorn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kápros →Every word from Proto-Italic *kapros →Every word from Latin caper →