Where does “chevrette” come from?
chevrette (English) comes from French chevrette, from French chèvre, from Middle French chevre, from Old French chievre, from Latin capra, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.
chevrette (English): A machine for raising guns or mortar into their...
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- A machine for raising guns or mortar into their...
Ancestry of “chevrette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chevrette | kid; doe; shrimp |
| 2 | French | chèvre | goat species |
| 3 | Middle French | chevre | goat |
| 4 | Old French | chievre | goat |
| 5 | Latin | capra | a she-goat; the odor of armpits; vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | caper | a male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *kapros | he-goat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |