Where does “cabra” come from?
cabra (Old Spanish) comes from Latin capra, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.
Ancestry of “cabra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | capra | a she-goat; the odor of armpits; vocative... |
| 2 | Latin | caper | a male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *kapros | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |
Words derived from “cabra”