Where does “cabbagehead” come from?
cabbagehead (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.
cabbagehead (English): A head of cabbage
Definitions
- A head of cabbage
Ancestry of “cabbagehead”, step by step
cabbagehead traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cabbage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cabbage | An edible plant having a head of green leaves;... |
| 2 | Middle English | caboche | cabbage; A kind of fish |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | caboche | head; Alternative form of caboce |
| 4 | Old French | caboce | head |
| 5 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via English head
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | head | The part of the body of an animal or human which... |
| 2 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |