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caper.

he-goat (a male goat, a billy goat)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈka.pɛr]Classical-Latin[ˈkaː.per]
  1. he-goat (a male goat, a billy goat)

    declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“buck, he-goat”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κάπρος (kápros, “boar”), Proto-Germanic *hafraz (“he-goat”), and Proto-Iranian *káfrah (“young goat, kid”).

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