Where does “caprate” come from?
caprate (English) comes from English capric, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.
caprate (English): Any salt or ester of capric acid
Definitions
- Any salt or ester of capric acid
Ancestry of “caprate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | capric | Of, pertaining to, or derived from capric acid |
| 2 | Latin | caper | a male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *kapros | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |