Etymology

caprifole

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Today it means: The woodbine or honeysuckle. Full definition →

Latin caper
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcaper“goat”
  2. English todaycaprifole

From Latin caper (“goat”) + folium (“leaf”).

Words from the same roots

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