English
kleptomaniacal
From kleptomaniac + -al.
Formed from kleptomaniac + -al
Proto-Indo-European *klep- ‘to steal’
Proto-Hellenic *klépťō
Ancient Greek κλέπτω ‘I steal’
English kleptomaniac
Today it means
adj Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / kleptomaniacal