Where does “kale” come from?
kale (Alemannic German) comes from French cailler, from Old French quailler, from Vulgar Latin coaglare, from Latin coāgulō, from Latin coāgulum, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kale (Alemannic German): to congeal, curdle
Ancestry of “kale”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | cailler | to curdle, clot; To be very cold, to be brass... |
| 2 | Old French | quailler | Alternative form of coaillier |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | coaglare | — |
| 4 | Latin | coāgulō | — |
| 5 | Latin | coāgulum | — |
| 6 | Latin | cōgō | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |