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+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=compound|attested=13th century, Ernoul Caupain}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /ka.yt/^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''cahute''' ''f'' (plural cahutes)^(Wiktionary)
+ Old French ''chahute'', ''chaüte'' (13th century), Middle French ''quahute''; the Académie had ''cahuette'' in 1694 and 1798, ''cahutte'' in the reformed spelling.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Larousse)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ The origin is uncertain.^(DHLF 1992)^(Wiktionary) It is either a crossing of [[hutte]] with words such as [[cabane]] and [[caverne]],^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|16, 277a) or “hutte” with a pejorative prefix [[ca-]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005) Wiktionary discusses whether [[dum|kayhute]] (modern [[nl|kajuit|t=cabin]]) is from French or the reverse, and favours a French origin;^(Wiktionary) French [[cajute]] is a borrowing back from Dutch.^(Wiktionary)
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+ Littré thought “hutte” doubtful, the forms “cahuette” and “quahute” suggesting a primitive “cahue”, and called the origin unknown.^(Littré 1873)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Ernoul Caupain's 13th-century pastourelle has ''De joins et de feuchiere estoit coverte sa chahute'' “her hut was roofed with rushes and fern”, in a Picard manuscript where ⟨c⟩, ⟨ch⟩ and ⟨k⟩ are used interchangeably.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ A remission letter of 1391 has ''quahute'' for an old house,^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873) and Calvin (16th century) uses ''cahuettes'' of the tents of Abraham.^(Littré 1873)^(TLFi) The word has always named a poor shelter or wretched dwelling;^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007) like ''bicoque'' it was used familiarly for “house” (Flaubert, 1850).^(DHLF 1992)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 13th century – ''Chahute'' in Ernoul Caupain.^(TLFi)
+ * 1391 – ''Quahute'' in a remission letter.^(TLFi)
+ * 16th century – ''Cahute'' in Calvin.^(TLFi)
+ * 1694 – ''Cahuette'' in the Académie.^(TLFi)
+ * 1718 – ''Cahute'' in the Académie.^(TLFi)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|hovel]], [[m|en|shack]] or rough hut.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)
+ # ''(familiar, dated)'' A house.^(DHLF 1992)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[hutte]]
+ * [[cabane]]
+ * [[cajute]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}