Where does “portacabin” come from?

portacabin (English) comes from English Portakabin, from English cabin, from Middle English caban, from Old French cabane, from Occitan cabana, from Late Latin capanna — hut.

portacabin (English): A prefabricated hut that is transportable, often...

Definitions

  1. A prefabricated hut that is transportable, often...

Ancestry of “portacabin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPortakabinA type of mobile building
2EnglishcabinA small dwelling characteristic of the frontier,...
3Middle Englishcaban—
4Old Frenchcabane—
5Occitancabanacabin, hut
6Late Latincapannahut
Every word from Late Latin capanna →Every word from Occitan cabana →Every word from Old French cabane →