English
larroone
Larroone comes from French larron ‘thief’, and goes back to Latin latrō ‘mercenary’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElatrōas latrōnem‘mercenary’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400larron
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘thief’
- Englishearliest quotation 1622larroone
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElatrōas latrōnem‘mercenary’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400larron
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘thief’
- Englishearliest quotation 1622larroone
Earliest quotation: 1622, H. Shirley: “I am prince over these publicans, lord over these…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leh₂t- ‘to grant’
through Latin latrō ‘mercenary’
Today it means
noun a robber
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin latrō / larroone