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Etymology of the French word carabine

the French word carabine
derived from the Old French word carabin
derived from the Old French word escarrabin
derived from the Old French word scarabee

Date

The earliest known usage of carabine in French dates from the 17th century.

Derivations in French

carabinier, porte-carabine

Derivations in other languages

English carbine, Italian carabina, Portuguese carabina, Portuguese clavelina, Portuguese cravina, Romanian carabină, Spanish carabina

Cognates

Dutch karabijn, English carbine, German Karabiner, Italian carabina, Lithuanian karabinas, Norwegian karabin, Portuguese carabina, Russian кapaбин, Swedish karbin



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