cabin English · revision 7469

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=borrowing|attested=1346|origins=la-lat capanna}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈkæbɪn/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English caban, cabane, [[bor|fro|cabane|t=hut, cottage]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from Old Occitan [[m|pro|cabana]], from Late Latin [[m|la-lat|capanna|t=hut]], cavanna,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) a word of uncertain origin.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The spelling cabin appeared about 1598 and was established in the 1600s.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) It is a doublet of [[cabana]].^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A hut: 1346 in Barnhart;^(Barnhart 1988) a cell, as of a hermit, 1362 in the OED.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A room or compartment in a ship is from the 14th century (1382 in the OED),^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986)^(Etymonline) and a dwelling of rough construction from about 1440.^(OED 1989) A natural cave or a beast's den (1377) and a small bedroom (1594) are obsolete senses,^(OED 1989) and the political cabinet briefly in the 17th century.^(Hoad 1986) The enclosed space of an aircraft or spacecraft is a later extension.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002) ''Cabin fever'' was a name for typhus in the 1820s, and the need to get out and about by 1918.^(Etymonline) French cabine and Italian cabino are borrowed from English.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1346 – a hut.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1382 – a ship's cabin.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1440 – a rough dwelling.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1598 – spelling cabin.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1918 – cabin fever, restlessness.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small, roughly built [[house]]; a [[hut]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A room in a [[ship]] used as living quarters.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The enclosed space in an [[aircraft]] for passengers or crew.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To confine in a small space.^(AHD)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cabinet]]

+ * [[cabinmate]]

+ * [[cabin boy]]

+ * [[cabin attendant]]

+ * [[cabin cruiser]]

+ * [[cabin car]]

+ * [[cabin fever]]

+ * [[cabin hook]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cabana]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In general English dialect use the EDD records cabin for a small hut or shelter used by workmen.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}