Where does “carabiniér” come from?

carabiniér (Franco-Provençal) comes from Italian carabiniere, from Italian carabina, from French carabine, from French carabin, from French escarrabin, from Middle French scarabée, from Latin scarabaeus, from Ancient Greek κάραβος — a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...

carabiniér (Franco-Provençal): military policeman

Definitions

  1. military policeman

Ancestry of “carabiniér”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancarabinierecarabiniere; martinet, dragon; carabinier
2Italiancarabinacarbine, rifle
3Frenchcarabinerifle; mistress of a cavalry soldier
4Frenchcarabincarabineer; medical student
5Frenchescarrabingrave digger
6Middle Frenchscarabéebeetle
7LatinscarabaeusA scarab, black dung beetle, revered in Ancient...
8Ancient Greekκάραβοςa kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...
Every word from Ancient Greek κάραβοςEvery word from Latin scarabaeusEvery word from Middle French scarabée