Illustrated Etymology

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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