The story
- Middle Low German · derived fromkabûs
- Middle Dutch · derived fromcabûse
- German Low German · borrowed fromKabüüs“galley”
- Dutch · borrowed fromkabuis
- English todaycaboose
From Dutch kabuis, kombuis (“galley, kitchen”) or German Low German Kabüüs (“galley”), from Middle Dutch cabûse and Middle Low German kabûs, kabûse respectively. Cognate with German Kabüse, Kombüse, Danish kabys, Swedish kabyss, French combuse (< Middle Dutch kabuys). Probably related to English boose (“a stall or shed”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.