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”

Every word from Late Latin capanna →Every word from Occitan cabana →Every word from Old French cabane →