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Where does “cabriole” come from?

cabriole (English) comes from French cabriole, from Italian capriola, from Latin capreolus, from Latin caprea, from Latin -ea, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

cabriole (English): A type of furniture leg used in certain ornate...

Definitions

  1. A type of furniture leg used in certain ornate...

Ancestry of “cabriole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcabriolecapriole; first-person singular present...
2Italiancapriolasomersault, caper, capriole; female roe deer
3Latincapreolusroe deer, roebuck
4Latincapreaa roe deer; a wild female goat; vocative singular...
5Latin-eanominative feminine singular of -eus; nominative...
6Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
7Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
8Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
9Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
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