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Where does “cabbaged” come from?

cabbaged (English) comes from English cabbage, from Middle English caboche, from Anglo-Norman caboche, from Old French caboce, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

cabbaged (English): Very drunk; simple past tense and past participle...

Definitions

  1. Very drunk; simple past tense and past participle...

Ancestry of “cabbaged”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcabbageAn edible plant having a head of green leaves;...
2Middle Englishcabochecabbage; A kind of fish
3Anglo-Normancabochehead; Alternative form of caboce
4Old Frenchcabocehead
5Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
6Proto-Italickaputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
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