English
cabana
Cabana comes from Spanish cabaña ‘cabin, cottage, hut’, and goes back to Late Latin cabanna.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcabannaas capanna‘hut’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcabaña‘cabin, cottage, hut’
- Englishearliest quotation 1968cabana
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcabannaas capanna‘hut’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcabaña‘cabin, cottage, hut’
- Englishearliest quotation 1968cabana
Earliest quotation: 1968, Joan Didion, On Keeping a Notebook: “So what's new in the whiskey business?” one of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kap- ‘head’
had, case, except, heavy, accept, receive, behavior, cash, catch, achieve, heavily, capacity, chase, recipe, reception, capture, occupation, perception, capable, haven, cable, behave, recipient, hawk, susceptible, deception, anticipation, anticipate, chassis, caption, captive, capsule, conceive, deceive, captivity, deceptive, cater, deceit, cassette, casket, 134 more
through Proto-Indo-European *káput ‘head’
through Proto-Italic *kaput ‘head’
capitalism, capitalize, capote, capitan, capitaine, 60 more
through Latin caput ‘head’
capital, captain, chapter, chef, cattle, capitol, precipitation, capita, mischief, mischievous, cad, chieftain, precipitate, capillary, occipital, precipitous, chattel, capo, caddie, capitulate, escapade, jefe, dishevelled, chabot, caput, cabochon, 67 more
through Latin cappa ‘cloak, cape’
escape, cope, chapel, cape, chaplain, capa, capuchin, scamper, kaput, chaperon, scamp, 19 more
through Late Latin cabanna ‘hut’
Today it means
noun A cabin or hut for relaxing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin cabanna / cabana