English → Latin
“cabin” in Latin
diaetadiet, regimen; house, dwelling; diet, assemblycasulahut, small cottage; rural property, small farm; vestmenttŭgŭrĭŏluma little hutcellulasmall room, especially that of a slave; humble dwelling; porter's lodgePetrōniusof or pertaining to the gens Petronia
The English word cabin itself goes back to Latin cabanna, through capanna.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cabin
in a skip diaeta (Petronius, 115, 1).
Hut, casula: tuguriolum.
Small room, cellula.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cabin?
- The usual Latin words for “cabin” are diaeta, casula, tŭgŭrĭŏlum; also cellula, Petrōnius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.