The story
- Hebrew · derived fromקַבָּלָה“Jewish mysticism”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromcabbala
- French · borrowed fromcabale
- English todaycabal
From French cabale, from Medieval Latin cabbala, which in turn is derived from Hebrew קַבָּלָה (kabalá, “Jewish mysticism”, literally “reception, something received”) (such as knowledge). Doublet of Kabbalah, as well as, more distantly, ghibli.
Words from the same roots
Hebrewקַבָּלָה all →
kabbalah
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.