Where does “caper” come from?

caper (French) comes from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

caper (French): to cap

Definitions

  1. to cap

Ancestry of “caper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
2Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
3Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “caper”

Every word from Old French -ier →Every word from French -er →Every word from Middle French -er →