Where does “カービン” come from?
カービン (Japanese) comes from English carbine, from French carabinier, from Italian carabiniere, from Italian carabina, from French carabine, from French carabin, from French escarrabin, from Middle French scarabée — a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...
カービン (Japanese): carbine
Definitions
- carbine
Ancestry of “カービン”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carbine | A rifle with a short barrel |
| 2 | French | carabinier | carabineer |
| 3 | Italian | carabiniere | carabiniere; martinet, dragon; carabinier |
| 4 | Italian | carabina | carbine, rifle |
| 5 | French | carabine | rifle; mistress of a cavalry soldier |
| 6 | French | carabin | carabineer; medical student |
| 7 | French | escarrabin | grave digger |
| 8 | Middle French | scarabée | beetle |
| 9 | Latin | scarabaeus | A scarab, black dung beetle, revered in Ancient... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | κάραβος | a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a... |