Where does “cavron” come from?
cavron (Venetian) comes from Venetian cavra, from Latin capra, from Latin caper, from Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.
cavron (Venetian): billygoat
Ancestry of “cavron”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Venetian | cavra | goat |
| 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 | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |