Etymology

rifler

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Today it means: One who rifles; a robber. Full definition →

English rifle ← Middle English riflen ← Old French rifler
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁reyp-
  2. Proto-Germanic*rīfaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*rīfilōną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*rīfilōn
  5. Frankish*rīffilōn
  6. Old Frenchrifler
  7. Middle Englishriflen
  8. Englishrifle
  9. English todayrifler

From rifle + -er.

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