Where does “cabreiro” come from?

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

cabreiro (Portuguese): goatherd

Definitions

  1. goatherd

Ancestry of “cabreiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancabragoat; blackbelly rosefish; stains in the legs...
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kápros →Every word from Proto-Italic *kapros →Every word from Latin caper →