Etymology

shoplifter

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Today it means: A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops. Full definition →

English lifter ← Middle English schoppe ← Old English scoppa
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*skup-
  2. Old Englishscoppa
  3. Middle Englishschoppe
  4. Englishshop
  5. Englishlifter
  6. English todayshoplifter

From shop + lifter.

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