English Explanatory Dictionary

clepto-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. stealing, theft

Word forms

clepto- klepto-

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clepto-, a combining form of Ancient Greek κλέπτης (kléptēs, “thief”), κλέπτω (kléptō, “to steal”), from Proto-Indo-European *klep- (“to steal”). Doublet of klepto-.

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