Where does “chevron” come from?
chevron (French) comes from Vulgar Latin caprio, from Latin capreus, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.
chevron (French): rafter; chevron
Ancestry of “chevron”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | caprio | — |
| 2 | Latin | capreus | — |
| 3 | Latin | caper | a male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *kapros | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |
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