I wondered at the word “carabiner” tonight. It isn’t spelled like English would pronounce it, which led me quickly to believe it came from another language’s pronunciation of that or a similar spelling. I looked it up. Sure enough, it comes from German.
The word comes from the German Karabiner, short for Karabinerhaken, meaning “carbine hook,”[3] as the device was used by carabiniers to attach their carbines to their belts.
Pretty cool, huh? I like both that the word is German and that it comes from a bizarrely awesome historical origin.
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