Σάββατο 1 Σεπτεμβρίου 2012

Etymology of cabaret

The word cabaret (lit. tavern) comes from the old French camberete, from cambre, from the Latin camera, transliteration of the Greek camara.
See also:
"Etymology of camera" here, and
"Etymology of chamber" here.

In modern Greek:
cabare: cabaret [Gr: καμπαρέ; loanword]

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