Where does “cabrám” come from?
cabrám (Macanese) comes from Portuguese cabrão, from Old Portuguese cabron, from Old Portuguese cabra, from Latin capra, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.
cabrám (Macanese): cuckold
Definitions
- cuckold
Ancestry of “cabrám”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | cabrão | Augmentative of cabra; billy goat; cuckold |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | cabron | — |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | cabra | — |
| 4 | Latin | capra | a she-goat; the odor of armpits; vocative... |
| 5 | Latin | caper | a male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *kapros | he-goat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |