Where does “chevrotain” come from?
chevrotain (English) comes from French chevrotain, 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.
chevrotain (English): Any of several small hornless ruminants, of the...
Definitions
- Any of several small hornless ruminants, of the...
Ancestry of “chevrotain”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | chevrotain | little goat |
| 2 | French | chèvre | a she-goat; goat cheese , goat's cheese |
| 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 | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |