Where does “chèvre” come from?

chèvre (French) comes from Middle French chevre, from Old French chievre, from Latin capra, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.

chèvre (French): goat species

Definitions

  1. goat species

Ancestry of “chèvre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchchevregoat
2Old Frenchchievregoat
3Latincapraa she-goat; the odor of armpits; vocative...
4Latincapera male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of...
5Proto-Italic*kaproshe-goat
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáproshe-goat, billy goat

Words derived from “chèvre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kápros →Every word from Proto-Italic *kapros →Every word from Latin caper →