Where does “Karabinerhaken” come from?
Karabinerhaken (German) comes from German Karabiner, 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...
Karabinerhaken (German): carabiner, snap hook, snap-link
Definitions
- carabiner, snap hook, snap-link
Ancestry of “Karabinerhaken”, step by step
Karabinerhaken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Karabiner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Karabiner | carbine; Karabinerhaken: carabiner |
| 2 | French | carabine | rifle; mistress of a cavalry soldier |
| 3 | French | carabin | carabineer; medical student |
| 4 | French | escarrabin | grave digger |
| 5 | Middle French | scarabée | beetle |
| 6 | Latin | scarabaeus | A scarab, black dung beetle, revered in Ancient... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κάραβος | a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a... |