Where does “ケッパー” come from?

ケッパー (Japanese) comes from English caper, from English capriole, from French capriole, from Italian capriola, from Latin capreolus, from Latin caprea, from Latin -ea, from Latin -eus — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

ケッパー (Japanese): caper, Capparis spinosa, or its bud, which is pickled and eaten

Definitions

  1. caper, Capparis spinosa, or its bud, which is pickled and eaten

Ancestry of “ケッパー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcaperA playful leap or jump; A jump while dancing; A...
2EnglishcaprioleA leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards...
3FrenchcaprioleDated form of cabriole
4Italiancapriolasomersault, caper, capriole; female roe deer
5Latincapreolusroe deer, roebuck
6Latincapreaa roe deer; a wild female goat; vocative singular...
7Latin-eanominative feminine singular of -eus; nominative...
8Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
9Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
10Proto-Indo-European-iHwós
11Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós