Where does “kabei” come from?

kabei (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto Kabe, from Old Norse kápa, from Latin cāpa.

kabei (Esperanto): to leave the Esperanto movement after having been...

Definitions

  1. to leave the Esperanto movement after having been...

Ancestry of “kabei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EsperantoKabeThe pseudonym of Kazimierz Bein, an Esperanto lexicographer and translator, infamous for his sudden, unexplained departure from the movement
2Old Norsekápa—
3Latincāpa—
Every word from Latin cāpa →Every word from Old Norse kápa →Every word from Esperanto Kabe →