Etymology of the English word caper
the English word
caperderived from the English word
capriolederived from the French word
capriolederived from the Old Italian word
caprioladerived from the Old Italian word
caprioloderived from the Latin word
capreolus (young roe-deer; wild goat, chamois)
derived from the Latin word
capra (she-goat, nanny-goat)
derived from the Latin word
caper (he-goat, billy-goat; goatish)
Derivations in English
capered,
caperingCognates
Dutch
kapper, Dutch
caprice, English
caprice, French
caprice, French
câpre, German
Kaper, German
Kaprice, Italian
capriccio, Lithuanian
kaprizas, Norwegian
kapers, Norwegian
kaprise, Polish
kaprys, Russian
кaпpиз, Swedish
kaprisUsage
Word found in Modern English
