Where does “cabriole” come from?
cabriole (French) comes from Italian capriola, from Latin capreolus, from Latin caprea, from Latin -ea, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
cabriole (French): capriole; first-person singular present...
Definitions
- capriole; first-person singular present...
Ancestry of “cabriole”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | capriola | somersault, caper, capriole; female roe deer |
| 2 | Latin | capreolus | roe deer, roebuck |
| 3 | Latin | caprea | a roe deer; a wild female goat; vocative singular... |
| 4 | Latin | -ea | nominative feminine singular of -eus; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “cabriole”