The story
- French · borrowed fromcarabinier
- English todaycarabineer
Borrowed from French carabinier, from carabine (“carbine”). By surface analysis, carabine + -eer.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A cavalry soldier. Full definition →
Borrowed from French carabinier, from carabine (“carbine”). By surface analysis, carabine + -eer.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.