Where does “scullcap” come from?
scullcap (English) comes from English Cap, from English Capricorn, from French Capricorne, from Latin Capricornus, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.
scullcap (English): Archaic form of skullcap
Ancestry of “scullcap”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Cap | — |
| 2 | English | Capricorn | Someone with a Capricorn star sign |
| 3 | French | Capricorne | Capricorn |
| 4 | Latin | Capricornus | — |
| 5 | Latin | caper | a male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *kapros | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |