Where does “Kāpena” come from?

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

Kāpena (Hawaiian): captain

Definitions

  1. captain

Ancestry of “Kāpena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcabinA small dwelling characteristic of the frontier,...
2Middle Englishcaban—
3Old Frenchcabane—
4Occitancabanacabin, hut
5Late Latincapannahut
Every word from Late Latin capanna →