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Where does “cabina” come from?

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

cabina (Italian): cabin; cab; cage

Definitions

  1. cabin; cab; cage

Ancestry of “cabina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcabinecabin
2EnglishcabinA small dwelling characteristic of the frontier,...
3Middle Englishcaban—
4Old Frenchcabane—
5Occitancabanacabin, hut
6Late Latincapannahut

Words derived from “cabina”

  • cabine
Every word from Late Latin capanna →