Where does “cambrioleur” come from?
cambrioleur (French) comes from French cambrioler, from French cambriole, from Provençal cambro, from Catalan cambra, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα, from Proto-Iranian kamarā-, from Proto-Iranian kamárati — to bend, to curve.
cambrioleur (French): burglar
Ancestry of “cambrioleur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | cambrioler | to burgle , burglarize |
| 2 | French | cambriole | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Provençal | cambro | — |
| 4 | Catalan | cambra | room; bedroom; chamber |
| 5 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |