Etymology

cabinet

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Today it means: A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall. Full definition →

French cabinet
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  1. French · derived fromcabinet
  2. English todaycabinet

From cabin + -et, influenced by French cabinet. In sense of “a government group”, compare salon, also named for a room used to gather.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.