Where does “kapriĉo” come from?

kapriĉo (Esperanto) comes from Italian capriccio, from Italian caporiccio — fright, sudden start.

kapriĉo (Esperanto): capriccio

Definitions

  1. capriccio

Ancestry of “kapriĉo”, step by step

kapriĉo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian capriccio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancapricciowhim, fancy, caprice, quirk; tantrum; capriccio
2Italiancaporicciofright, sudden start

via Esperanto kaprica

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokapricacapricious

Words derived from “kapriĉo”

Every word from Italian caporiccio →Every word from Italian capriccio →