Where does “caprifig” come from?
caprifig (English) comes from Latin caprifīcus, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.
caprifig (English): An individual fig tree of certain species of...
Definitions
- An individual fig tree of certain species of...
Ancestry of “caprifig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | caprifīcus | the wild fig tree |
| 2 | Latin | caper | a male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *kapros | he-goat |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |