Where does “cabrito” come from?

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

cabrito (Spanish): kid

Definitions

  1. kid

Ancestry of “cabrito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishcabritokid young goat
2Old Spanishcabra
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

Words derived from “cabrito

Every word from Proto-Indo-European káprosEvery word from Proto-Italic *kaprosEvery word from Latin caper
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