Where does “cabaret” come from?

Cabaret comes from French cabaret, derived from Middle French cabaret, which comes from Middle Dutch cambret, ultimately from Old Northern French camberete.

cabaret (English): Live entertainment held in a restaurant or...

Definitions

  1. Live entertainment held in a restaurant or...

Ancestry of “cabaret”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcabaretpub, tavern; cabaret; tray
2Middle Frenchcabaret—
3Middle Dutchcambret—
4Old Northern Frenchcamberete—

Words derived from “cabaret”

Every word from Old Northern French camberete →Every word from Middle Dutch cambret →Every word from Middle French cabaret →