Where does “cabrero” come from?

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

cabrero (Spanish): goatherd

Definitions

  1. goatherd

Ancestry of “cabrero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaprariusgoatherd
2Latincapera male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of...
3Proto-Italic*kaproshe-goat
4Proto-Indo-Europeankáproshe-goat, billy goat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kápros →Every word from Proto-Italic *kapros →Every word from Latin caper →