Etymograph

English

capriform

Capriform comes from Latin capra ‘she-goat’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *kápros.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kápros1‘he-goat, billy goat’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kapros1‘he-goat’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaper1‘billy goat, he-goat’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcapra2‘she-goat’
  5. Englishtodaycapriform2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin capra
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English capriform

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*káprosWiktionary, Latin capra‘he-goat, billy goat’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaprosWiktionary, Latin capra‘he-goat’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaperWiktionary, Latin capra‘billy goat, he-goat’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcapraWiktionary, English capriform‘she-goat’
  5. EnglishtodaycapriformWiktionary, English capriform

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kápros ‘he-goat, billy goat’

cabriolet, 16 more

through Latin caper ‘billy goat, he-goat’

chevron, 14 more

Today it means

adj Having the form of a goat

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “capriform”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin capra. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kápros / capriform

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