Where does “caproic acid” come from?

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

caproic acid (English): A liquid fatty acid, CHCOOH, obtained from animal...

Definitions

  1. A liquid fatty acid, CHCOOH, obtained from animal...

Ancestry of “caproic acid”, 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 acid”

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