Etymology

capriole

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Today it means: A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap. Full definition →

French capriole ← Italian capriola
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The story

  1. Italian · derived fromcapriola
  2. French · borrowed fromcapriole
  3. English todaycapriole

Borrowed from French capriole, from Italian capriola.

Words from the same roots

Italiancapriola all →

Cabriole leg

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.