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Where does “caban” come from?

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

Ancestry of “caban”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcabane—
2Occitancabanacabin, hut
3Late Latincapannahut

Words derived from “caban”

  • cabin
  • cabinet
  • cabinetmaker
  • cabinetry
  • cabined
  • cabinetmaking
  • subcabinet
  • cabinetwork
  • forecabin
  • cabinmate
  • cabinlike
  • undercabinet
  • noncabinet
  • supercabinet
  • cabinetful
  • cabinetlike
  • cabinless
  • cabinetisation
  • kitchen cabinet
  • cabina
  • cabine
  • cabina
  • gabinetto
  • capogabinetto
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