- theft
[theft 词源字典]
- theft: see thief
[theft etymology, theft origin, 英语词源] - theft (n.)
- mid-13c., from Old English þeofð (West Saxon þiefð) "theft," from Proto-Germanic *theubitho (cognates: Old Frisian thiufthe, Old Norse þyfð), from *theubaz "thief" (see thief) + abstract formative suffix *-itha (cognate with Latin -itatem; see -th (2)).