kleptomaniac
English
/ˌklɛptəˈmeɪniæk/
noun
Definitions
- One who steals compulsively.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek κλέπτω (steal, I steal) derived from Proto-Hellenic *klépťō 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
- kleptogenesis English
- kleptomania English
- kleptomaniacal English
- kleptomaniacally English
- κλέπτης Ancient Greek
- κλέπτω Ancient Greek
- κλέψᾱς Ancient Greek
- κλεπτοσύνη Ancient Greek
- κλεψύδρα Ancient Greek
- κλοπή Ancient Greek
- ὑποκλέπτω Ancient Greek
- *klep- Proto-Indo-European
- *klép-ye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- kleptoman Norwegian Bokmål
- *hlefaną Proto-Germanic
- kleptoman Norwegian Nynorsk
- klepto Cebuano
- *klepō Proto-Italic
- *klepa Proto-Albanian
- κλέβω gkm
- *klépťō Proto-Hellenic