Etymology

kohlrabi

kohl·ra·bi
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Today it means: Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes, a variety of the cabbage, having a turnip-shaped edible stem. Full definition →

German Kohlrabi ← Italian rape
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The story

  1. Italian · derived fromrape“turnips”
  2. German · borrowed fromKohlrabi
  3. English todaykohlrabi

Borrowed from German Kohlrabi, from Kohl (“cabbage”) + Italian rape (“turnips”), from cavoli rape, the plural of cavolo rapa (“cole rape”).

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