Chevron Definition

Origin of Chevron

• Middle English cheveron from Old French chevron rafter (from the meeting of rafters at an angle) probably from Vulgar Latin capriō capriōn- Latin capreolus young of the roe deer, rafter (from the resemblance of the rafters of a pitched roof to the forked antlers of the roe deer) from diminutive of caprea roe deer from Latin caper capr- goat

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Borrowing from French chevron (“rafter, 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 angular hind legs.

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