Where does “caprile” come from?
caprile (Italian) comes from Latin caprile, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.
caprile (Italian): An enclosure for goats
Ancestry of “caprile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | caprile | a stall for goats |
| 2 | Latin | caper | a male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *kapros | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |