Where does “Cabrio” come from?
Cabrio (German) comes from German Cabriolet, from French cabriolet, from Italian cabriola, from Latin capreolus, from Latin caprea, from Latin -ea, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
Cabrio (German): cabriolet
Ancestry of “Cabrio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Cabriolet | convertible; cabriolet |
| 2 | French | cabriolet | a cabriolet carriage; a convertible car; a... |
| 3 | Italian | cabriola | — |
| 4 | Latin | capreolus | roe deer, roebuck |
| 5 | Latin | caprea | a roe deer; a wild female goat; vocative singular... |
| 6 | Latin | -ea | nominative feminine singular of -eus; nominative... |
| 7 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |