כרובית

Hebrew

Etymology

Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda from כרוב (“cabbage”) +‎ -ית, under influence of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic قَرْنَبِيط (qarnabīṭ), which itself was derived from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κράμβη (krámbē, “cabbage”).

Noun

כְּרוּבִית • (kruvít) f

1. cauliflower

References

• “כרובית” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• כרובית on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he