Where does “kapro” come from?

kapro (Ido) comes from Esperanto kapro, from Italian capra, from Latin capra, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.

kapro (Ido): goat

Definitions

  1. goat

Ancestry of “kapro”, step by step

kapro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto kapro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokaprogoat
2Italiancapragoat; nanny goat; trestle
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

via Spanish cabra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcabrafemale goat; goat; girl
2Old Spanishcabra—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kápros →Every word from Proto-Italic *kapros →Every word from Latin caper →