Etymograph

English

klephtism

From klepht + -ism.

Formed from klepht + -ism

Ancient Greek κλέπτης ‘thief’

Byzantine Greek κλέφτης

Greek κλέφτης ‘thief’

English klepht

Today it means

noun The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / klephtism