Where does “cabrão” come from?

cabrão (Portuguese) comes 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.

cabrão (Portuguese): Augmentative of cabra; billy goat; cuckold

Definitions

  1. Augmentative of cabra; billy goat; cuckold

Ancestry of “cabrão”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecabron—
2Old Portuguesecabra—
3Latincapraa she-goat; the odor of armpits; vocative...
4Latincapera male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of...
5Proto-Italic*kaproshe-goat
6Proto-Indo-Europeankáproshe-goat, billy goat

Words derived from “cabrão”

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