Where does “caprifīcus” come from?

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

caprifīcus (Latin): the wild fig tree

Definitions

  1. the wild fig tree

Ancestry of “caprifīcus”, step by step

caprifīcus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin caper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincapera male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of...
2Proto-Italic*kaproshe-goat
3Proto-Indo-Europeankáproshe-goat, billy goat

via Latin ficus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinficusfig tree; fig; hemorrhoids
2Phoenician??Ripe fig

Words derived from “caprifīcus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kápros →Every word from Proto-Italic *kapros →Every word from Latin caper →