Etymology

cabin

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Today it means: A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it. Full definition →

Middle English caban ← Old French cabane ← Medieval Latin capanna
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromcapanna“a cabin”
  2. Old French · derived fromcabane
  3. Middle English · derived fromcaban
  4. English todaycabin

From Middle English caban, cabane, from Old French cabane, from Medieval Latin capanna (“a cabin”); see further etymology there. Doublet of cabana and cabane.

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