Where does “uncapped” come from?
uncapped (English) comes from English capped, 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.
uncapped (English): Not capped; Not having made an appearance in an...
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- Not capped; Not having made an appearance in an...
Ancestry of “uncapped”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | capped | simple past tense and past participle of cap |
| 2 | English | Cap | — |
| 3 | English | Capricorn | Someone with a Capricorn star sign |
| 4 | French | Capricorne | Capricorn |
| 5 | Latin | Capricornus | — |
| 6 | Latin | caper | a male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *kapros | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |