Where does “șevron” come from?

șevron (Romanian) comes from French chevron, from Vulgar Latin caprio, from Latin capreus, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.

șevron (Romanian): chevron

Definitions

  1. chevron

Ancestry of “șevron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchevronrafter; chevron
2Vulgar Latincaprio—
3Latincapreus—
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 →