Etymology

caproic

C3A1P3R1O1I1C3

Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or derived from caproic acid Full definition →

Latin caper
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  1. Latin · derived fromcaper“goat”
  2. English todaycaproic

From Latin caper (“goat”), after its smell + -oic. By surface analysis, capr- + -oic.

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