Etymology

cabaret

ca·ba·ret
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Today it means: Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of entertainment, especially in early 20th century Europe. Full definition →

French cabaret ← Middle French cabaret ← Middle Dutch cambret
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂em-
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*kmárati
  3. Proto-Iranian*kamarā
  4. Ancient Greekκαμάρα (kamára)
  5. Latincamera
  6. Old Northern Frenchcamberete
  7. Old Frenchcambre
  8. PicardOld French camberet
  9. Middle Dutchcambret
  10. Middle Frenchcabaret
  11. Frenchcabaret
  12. English todaycabaret

Borrowed from French cabaret.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.