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Where does “kalabus” come from?

kalabus (Tok Pisin) comes from English calaboose, from Cajun French calabousse, from Spanish calabozo, from Latin calafodium.

kalabus (Tok Pisin): prison, jail; a convict or prisoner

Definitions

  1. prison, jail; a convict or prisoner

Ancestry of “kalabus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcalabooseA prison or jail/gaol
2Cajun Frenchcalabousse—
3Spanishcalabozodungeon; prison, jail; prison cell
4Latincalafodium—
Every word from Latin calafodium →