Where does “cabra” come from?

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

cabra (Spanish): female goat; goat; girl

Definitions

  1. female goat; goat; girl

Ancestry of “cabra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishcabra—
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 kápros →Every word from Proto-Italic *kapros →Every word from Latin caper →