Where does “ĉevrono” come from?

ĉevrono (Esperanto) comes from French chevron, from Vulgar Latin caprio, from Latin capreus, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.

ĉevrono (Esperanto): rafter

Definitions

  1. rafter

Ancestry of “ĉevrono”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchevronrafter; chevron
2Vulgar Latincaprio—
3Latincapreus—
4Latincapera male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of...
5Proto-Italic*kaproshe-goat
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáproshe-goat, billy goat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kápros →Every word from Proto-Italic *kapros →Every word from Latin caper →