Illustrated Etymology

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    My contribution to Adam R. Garcia's Illustrated Etymology Project:

    http://skiphursh.com/Illustrated-Etymology

    Capricious
    From the word caprice, meaning "sudden change of mind," 1660s, from French caprice "whim" (16c.), from Italian capriccio "whim," originally "a shivering," possibly from capro "goat," with reference to frisking, from Latin capreolus "wild goat."

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