theft
(Inglese)
The act of stealing property.
Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/θɛft/
Etimologia (Inglese)
In summary
From Middle English theft, thefte, þefte, þefþe, þiefþe, Old English þīefþ, from Proto-West Germanic *þiubiþu, from Proto-Germanic *þiubiþō, from *þeubaz (“thief”), equivalent to thief or thieve + -t (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Old Frisian thiuvethe, thiufthe (“theft”), dialectal Dutch diefte (“theft”), obsolete German Diebde (“theft”), Icelandic þýfð (“theft”).
Related words
furto prediale
rubamento
act of larceny
praedial larceny
an act of thievery
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