Chèvre
/ʃɛvʁ/noun
French for "goat," and by extension goat cheese.
Did you know?Chèvre comes from Latin capra, and its deeper PIE root *kapro- also gave English words like capricorn and caprice, linking goats to the zodiac and sudden wildness.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kapro-
“male goat”
Latin
Latin
capra
“she-goat”
Late Latin
Latin
capra
“goat”
Old French
Old French
chievre
“goat”
Modern French
French
chèvre
“goat; goat cheese”