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

  1. Any salt or ester of capric acid

Ancestry of “caprate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcapricOf, pertaining to, or derived from capric acid
2Latincapera male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of...
3Proto-Italic*kaproshe-goat
4Proto-Indo-Europeankáproshe-goat, billy goat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kápros →Every word from Proto-Italic *kapros →Every word from Latin caper →