Where does “caproic” come from?

caproic (English) comes from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.

caproic (English): Of, pertaining to, or derived from caproic acid

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from caproic acid

Ancestry of “caproic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincapera male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of...
2Proto-Italic*kaproshe-goat
3Proto-Indo-Europeankáproshe-goat, billy goat

Words derived from “caproic”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kápros →Every word from Proto-Italic *kapros →Every word from Latin caper →