Where does “chevre” come from?

chevre (Middle French) comes from Old French chievre, from Latin capra, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.

chevre (Middle French): goat

Definitions

goat

Ancestry of “chevre”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	chievre	goat
2	Latin	capra	a she-goat; the odor of armpits; vocative...
3	Latin	caper	a male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of...
4	Proto-Italic	*kapros	he-goat
5	Proto-Indo-European	kápros	he-goat, billy goat

Words derived from “chevre”

chèvre
chevrotain
cheverel
chevon
chevrette
chèvre
chevrotain
chevrette
chevrier
chevroter
chevrele
sevret
sevret

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