Word Origin Summary

Capriccioso is attested in Italian. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• caprichoso

  Portuguese · borrowed from

• capricieux

  French · borrowed from

• capricieus

  Dutch · borrowed from

• caprichoso

  Spanish · borrowed from

• capricios

  Romanian · borrowed from

• capriccioso

  English · borrowed from

• capricious

  English · derived from

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