Where does “chevrier” come from?
chevrier (French) comes from French chèvre, 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.
chevrier (French): goatherd
Definitions
- goatherd
Ancestry of “chevrier”, step by step
chevrier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French chèvre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chèvre | goat species |
| 2 | Middle French | chevre | goat |
| 3 | Old French | chievre | goat |
| 4 | Latin | capra | a she-goat; the odor of armpits; vocative... |
| 5 | Latin | caper | a male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *kapros | he-goat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |
via Latin caprarius
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | caprarius | goatherd |