dérober
French
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to conceal, screen, shield (à from)
- (transitive) to steal (à from)
- (transitive) to turn away (one's head, gaze etc.)
- (reflexive) to shirk, shy away (à from)
- (reflexive) to hide (oneself)
- (reflexive) to slip away (free oneself)
- (reflexive) to give way (collapse)
- (reflexive) to refuse
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French desrober inherited from Old French desrober derived from Frankish *raubōn (plunder, rob) derived from Proto-Germanic *raubōną (steal, rob).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*raubōną
Gloss
steal, rob
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- raubo Latin
- raubāre, raubō Latin
- raubō Latin
- derubare Italian
- *roub Proto-Indo-European
- *raubōną Proto-Germanic
- desrober Old French
- rober Old French
- roberie Old French
- roubōn Old High German
- desrober Middle French
- *raubōn gmw-pro
- *rōvon Old Dutch
- roubo Old Portuguese
- *raubōn Frankish
- *rōbōn Frankish
- raubāre, raubō Medieval Latin