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The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*kápros
2. Proto-Italic*kapros
3. Latincaper
4. Latin*capreus
5. Vulgar Latin*capriō
6. Old Frenchchevron
7. Middle Englishcheveroun
8. English todaychevron

From Middle English cheveroun, from Old French chevron, the mark so called because it looks like rafters of a shallow roof, from Vulgar Latin *capriō, from Latin caper (“goat”), the likely connection between goats and rafters being the animal's horns.

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