Etymology

caber

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Today it means: A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic cabar ← Medieval Latin *capriō ← Latin *capreus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kápros
  2. Proto-Italic*kapros
  3. Latincaper
  4. Latin*capreus
  5. Medieval Latin*capriō
  6. Scottish Gaeliccabar
  7. English todaycaber

From Scottish Gaelic cabar (“spar, pole”).

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