Where does “cabra” come from?

cabra (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese cabra, from Latin capra, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.

cabra (Portuguese): she-goat; nanny goat; bitch; guy, dude

Definitions

  1. she-goat; nanny goat; bitch; guy, dude

Ancestry of “cabra”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cabra

Every word from Proto-Indo-European káprosEvery word from Proto-Italic *kaprosEvery word from Latin caper
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