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Where does “cabinet” come from?

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

Ancestry of “cabinet”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cabinet”

  • kabinet
  • kabinetsraad
  • minderheidskabinet
  • kibbelkabinet
  • kernkabinet
  • kabinet
  • benèt
Every word from Late Latin capanna →