Editing Cabbage (section)

=== Etymology ===
The original family name of brassicas was ''Cruciferae'', which derived from the flower petal pattern thought by medieval Europeans to resemble a [[crucifix]].<ref name="Katz279">[[#Katz|Katz and Weaver]], p. 279</ref> The word ''brassica'' derives from ''bresic'', a [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] word for cabbage.<ref name="Texas">{{cite web|url=http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/publications/vegetabletravelers/cabbage.html|title=Of Cabbages and Celts|access-date=2013-10-19|publisher=Texas A&M University|work=Aggie Horticulture}}</ref> The varietal [[botanical name|epithet]] ''capitata'' is derived from the [[Latin]] word for 'having a head'.<ref name="Small 2009">{{cite book |author=Small, Ernst |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nyWY_YkV7qAC&pg=PA127 |title=Top 100 Food Plants |publisher=NRC Research Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-660-19858-3 |page=127}}</ref>

Many European and Asiatic names for cabbage are derived from the [[Proto-Slavic borrowings|Celto-Slavic]] root ''cap'' or ''kap'', meaning "head".<ref name="Sturtevant 1919" /> The [[late Middle English]] word ''cabbage'' derives from the word ''caboche'' ("head"), from the [[Picard language|Picard dialect]] of [[Old French]]. This in turn is a variant of the Old French ''caboce''.<ref name="Oxford">{{cite book|page=[https://archive.org/details/oxforddictionary0000unse_x2z7/page/76 76]|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories|editor=Chantrell, Glynnis|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2002|isbn=978-0-19-863121-7|url=https://archive.org/details/oxforddictionary0000unse_x2z7/page/76}}</ref>