כרובית
Hebrew
Etymology
Coined by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda from כרוב (“cabbage”) + -ית, under influence of Arabic قَرْنَبِيط (qarnabīṭ), which itself was derived from Ancient Greek κράμβη (krámbē, “cabbage”).
Noun
כְּרוּבִית • (kruvít) f
- cauliflower
References
- “כרובית” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
כרובית on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he