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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word CABBAGE.
Etymology of the word
CABBAGE.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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CABBAGE (1),
a vegetable with a large head. (F.,—Ital.,—L.)
In Shak. Merry Wives, i. I. 124. Spelt cabages in Ben
Jonson, The Fox, ii. I; cabbages in Holland's Pliny, bk. xix.
c. 4. Palsgrave has 'cabbysshe, rote, choux cabas.'—O.
F. 'choux cabus, a cabbidge;' Cot. He also gives 'Cabusser,
to cabbidge; to grow to a head.' [The sb. choux was
dropped in English, for brevity.]—O. F. cabus, cabuce,
round-headed, great-headed; Cot. Formed, indirectly, from the
Lat. caput, a head; the Ital. capuccio, a little head,
and lattuga-capuccia, cabbage-lettuce (Meadows' Ital. Dict.
s. v. cabbage in the E. division), explain the French form.—Lat. caput, a head; cognate with E. head. q.v.
CABBAGE (2),
to steal. (F.) In Johnson's Dict.—F. cabasser,
to put into a basket; see Cot.—F. cabas, a basket; of
uncertain origin.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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