Where does “căpriță” come from?

căpriță (Romanian) comes from Romanian capră, from Latin capra, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.

căpriță (Romanian): Diminutive of capră; grassleaf orache

Definitions

Diminutive of capră; grassleaf orache

Ancestry of “căpriță”, step by step

căpriță traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian capră

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Romanian	capră	goat; horse; leap frog
2	Latin	capra	a she-goat; the odor of armpits; vocative...
3	Latin	caper	a male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of...
4	Proto-Italic	*kapros	he-goat
5	Proto-Indo-European	kápros	he-goat, billy goat

via Romanian iță

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Romanian	iță	each of the threads that make up the warp on a...
2	Latin	licia	nominative plural of līcium; accusative plural of...
3	Latin	licium	loop in the texture woven, through which the...

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