Etymology

caback

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Today it means: A tavern or drinking house Full definition →

Russian кабак ← Low German Kabacke
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The story

  1. Low German · derived fromKabacke“hut, hovel”
  2. Russian · borrowed fromкабак“tavern”
  3. English todaycaback

From Russian кабак (kabak, “tavern”), from Low German Kabacke (“hut, hovel”).

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