capriole
Meaninga goat leap
Common meaning: a leap made by a trained horse
- capra goatLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 287 · scan
- ioLatin noun ending
- lenoun ending (from Latin -ulus)
Journey through time
- Latincaper, capra‘a goat’
- Italiancapriolasource
- Frenchcapriole
- Englishcapriole‘a leap made by a trained horse’ · today
capr also in: capriciouscaper
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin caper ‘a goat’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry caper, p. 287 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CAPER, p. 92 · dictionary scan
Roots
- caper, capra Latin “a goat”
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