Where does “sevret” come from?
sevret (Mauritian Creole) comes from French chevrette, from French chèvre, from Middle French chevre, from Old French chievre, from Latin capra, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.
sevret (Mauritian Creole): shrimp, prawn
Definitions
- shrimp, prawn
Ancestry of “sevret”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chevrette | kid; doe; shrimp |
| 2 | French | chèvre | goat species |
| 3 | Middle French | chevre | goat |
| 4 | Old French | chievre | goat |
| 5 | Latin | capra | a she-goat; the odor of armpits; vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | caper | a male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *kapros | he-goat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |