English
Capricorn
Capricorn comes from Latin Capricornus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CECapricornus
- Englishearliest quotation 1634Capricorn
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CECapricornus
- Englishearliest quotation 1634Capricorn
Earliest quotation: 1634, Thomas Carew, London: John Walkley: “The Centaure, the horn'd goatfiſh Capricorne, The ſnake-heard [sic]…”
Every English word from Latin Capricornus
Today it means
name Synonym of Capricornus (constellation).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Capricornus / Capricorn