robben
Middle English
/ˈrɔbən/
verb
Definitions
- To steal, rob, or pilfer; to illegally or forcibly confiscate.
- To loot, despoil, ravage; to bring to ruin.
- (figurative) To snatch; to cause to lose an abstract concept
Etymology
Borrowed from robber derived from Frankish *rōbōn 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
- berob English
- rob English
- robbable English
- robber English
- robbery English
- robbest English
- robbeth English
- torob English
- raubāre, raubō Latin
- *roub Proto-Indo-European
- robbe Norwegian Bokmål
- *raubōną Proto-Germanic
- robber Middle English
- robberie Middle English
- robbyng Middle English
- robeor Old French
- rober Old French
- roubōn Old High German
- *raubōn gmw-pro
- *rōvon Old Dutch
- roubo Old Portuguese
- 老笠 Chinese
- *raubōn Frankish
- *rōbōn Frankish
- robber xno
- raubāre, raubō Medieval Latin