Etymology

cabane

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Today it means: The tripod, pylon, or struts usually at the centre-section of a biplane or high-winged monoplane. Full definition →

French cabane
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromcabane
  2. English todaycabane

From French cabane. Doublet of cabana and cabin.

Words from the same roots

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