klepto-
English
prefix
Definitions
- theft; stealing
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κλέπτης (thief) derived from Proto-Indo-European *klep- (steal), *klep- (steal).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*klep-
Gloss
steal
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bibliokleptomania English
- kleptogenesis English
- kleptomania English
- clepta Latin
- κλέπτης Ancient Greek
- κλοπή Ancient Greek
- ὑποκλέπτω Ancient Greek
- *klep- Proto-Indo-European
- *klép-ye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *hlefaną Proto-Germanic
- *hleftuz Proto-Germanic
- 𐌷𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌻𐌹𐍆𐍄𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *klepō Proto-Italic
- *klepa Proto-Albanian
- κλέφτης gkm
- *klépťō Proto-Hellenic