Caprine
/ˈkæp.raɪn/noun
Relating to goats or goat-like animals.
Did you know?Caprine comes from Latin caper, meaning “goat,” a root that also helped shape words for goatish behavior and even the zodiac’s Capricorn, the “goat-horned” sign.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kapros
“male goat, he-goat”
Latin
Latin
caper
“goat, he-goat”
Late Latin
Latin
caprīnus
“of a goat, goat-like”
Middle English
English
capryn(e)
“goat-like; of goats”
Modern English
English
caprine
“relating to goats or goat-like animals”
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