Etymology

capriccio

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Today it means: A sudden and unexpected or fantastic motion; a caper; a gambol; a prank, a trick. Full definition →

Italian capriccio ← Old Italian caporiccio ← Latin ērīcius
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*káput
  4. Proto-Italic*kaput
  5. Latincaput
  6. Vulgar Latincapus
  7. Old Italiancapo
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰḗr
  9. Latinērīcius
  10. Old Italianriccio
  11. Old Italiancaporiccio
  12. Italiancapriccio
  13. English todaycapriccio

Borrowed from Italian capriccio. Doublet of caprice.

Words from the same roots

Italiancapriccio all →

capricea capriccio

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