Cabin

Morpheme

Cabin

Type

free base

Denotation

hut, small habitation

Etymology

Middle English caban, cabane; Old French cabane; Latin capanna, from cabanna; of unknown origin

Evidence

aftercabin, cabin, cabined, cabinet, cabinetable, cabineteer, cabinetful, cabinetisation, cabinetlike, cabinetmaking, cabinetry, cabinette, cabinetted, cabinetwork, cabinetworker, cabinetworking, cabinful, cabining, cabinless, cabinlike, cabinmate, cabins, forecabin, noncabinet, portacabin, subcabinet, supercabinet, undercabinet

Notes

<n> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
cabin, cabana, and cabane are doublets

See Also

Cabane