The story
- Greek · derived fromκλέφτης“thief”
- English todaykleft
Ultimately from Greek κλέφτης (kléftis, “thief”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: A type of brigand operating in the mountains of pre-Revolutionary Greece. Full definition →
Greek κλέφτης