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Where does “καραμπίνα” come from?

καραμπίνα (Greek) comes 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...

καραμπίνα (Greek): carbine, rifle; shotgun

Definitions

  1. carbine, rifle; shotgun

Ancestry of “καραμπίνα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancarabinacarbine, rifle
2Frenchcarabinerifle; mistress of a cavalry soldier
3Frenchcarabincarabineer; medical student
4Frenchescarrabingrave digger
5Middle Frenchscarabéebeetle
6LatinscarabaeusA scarab, black dung beetle, revered in Ancient...
7Ancient Greekκάραβοςa kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...
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