Where does “Caprinae” come from?

Caprinae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Capra, from Latin capra, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.

Caprinae (Translingual): subfamily

Definitions

  1. subfamily

Ancestry of “Caprinae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualCapragenus
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kápros →Every word from Proto-Italic *kapros →Every word from Latin caper →