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Rob

Rob

servant, slave

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What it meant

rob — de Vaan

rob 'servant, slave' [m.] < *orbo-y OIc. arfr 'heir' < *arbaz, Olc. αφ, OSwe. arve 'heir' < *arban-y Go. arbi, ORG arbi, OS erbi [n.] 'inheritance5 < *arbija-, Go. arbija, OHG arpeo, OE irfa 'heir' < *arbijan- 'having the inheritance'. According to Weiss, the root *h3rbh- 'to turn' here had the specific meaning 'to change membership from one social class to another'. Armenian and Greek can have *h3rbh-, *h3orbh- or … — [de Vaan, s.v. rob, p. 447]

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Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. rob (scan pp. 447-448; entry #1218). Root candidates: *arbija-, *arbijan-, *h3orbh-.

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