Where does “capella” come from?

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

capella (Italian): Synonym of capretta

Definitions

  1. Synonym of capretta

Ancestry of “capella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCapellaA masculine
2Latincapraa she-goat; the odor of armpits; vocative...
3Latincapera male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of...
4Proto-Italic*kaproshe-goat
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáproshe-goat, billy goat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kápros →Every word from Proto-Italic *kapros →Every word from Latin caper →