κουνουπίδι

Greek

Inherited from Byzantine Greek κουνουπίδιν (kounoupídin) (12th century),^[1] probably from a noun *κανωπίδιον (*kanōpídion), diminutive of Hellenistic κάνωπον (kánōpon, “a kind of short tree or bush”).^[2]^[3] See city of Κάνωπος (Kánōpos).

Also see the dialectal synonym καρναπίδι (karnapídi) / καρναμπίκι (karnampíki) / καρναμπίτι (karnampíti),^[4] ultimately from κράμβη (krámbē) with influence from (Ottoman) Turkish, as well as Albanian kunipidhë, from Ottoman Turkish قرنابیت (karnabit), قنبیط (kunnebit), from Arabic قَرْنَبِيط (qarnabīṭ), قُنَّبِيط (qunnabīṭ), itself from Ancient Greek κραμβίδιον (krambídion), a diminutive of κράμβη (krámbē).^[5] Doublet of καρναμπίτι (karnampíti).

κουνουπίδι • (kounoupídi) n (plural κουνουπίδια)

^ κουνουπίδι - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of the Kriaras' Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–14. Vols 15- under I. Kazazes.)] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)
The word found in 12th century Prodromic manuscripts.
^ κουνουπίδι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
^ κουνουπίδι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
^ Hatzidakis, Georgios, Μεσαιωνικά και νέα ελληνικά, [Medieval and Modern Greek], vol.2, Athens: 1907, p.222
^ Meyer, G. (1891) “kunipiδe”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, pages 214–215