Where does “karabin” come from?
karabin (Polish) comes from Spanish 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...
karabin (Polish): rifle
Definitions
- rifle
Ancestry of “karabin”, step by step
karabin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish carabina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | carabina | carbine; rifle; chaperone |
| 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... |
via Dutch karabijn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | karabijn | carbine short-barrelled rifle |