Where does “cabrito” come from?

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

cabrito (English): Meat from a young goat; kid

Definitions

  1. Meat from a young goat; kid

Ancestry of “cabrito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcabritokid
2Old Spanishcabritokid young goat
3Old Spanishcabra—
4Latincapraa she-goat; the odor of armpits; vocative...
5Latincapera male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of...
6Proto-Italic*kaproshe-goat
7Proto-Indo-Europeankáproshe-goat, billy goat
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