Where does “kāpin” come from?

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

kāpin (Marshallese): a cabin

Definitions

  1. a cabin

Ancestry of “kāpin”, 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