köken: Inherited from Byzantine Greek κουνουπίδιν (kounoupídin) (12th century), probably from a noun *κανωπίδιον (*kanōpídion), diminutive of Hellenistic κάνωπον (kánōpon, “a kind of short tree or bush”). See city of Κάνωπος (Kánōpos). Also see the dialectal synonym καρναπίδι (karnapídi) / καρναμπίκι (karnampíki) / καρναμπίτι (karnampíti), ultimately from κράμβη (krámbē) with influence from (Ottoman)…
Greek taxonomic binominal: Βρασική η λαχανώδης ποικ. η Βοτρύτης
köken: Borrowed from Portuguese couve (“cabbage”), from Latin caulis (“stalk, stem”). Cognate with Punjabi ਗੋਭੀ (gobhī), Marathi कोबी (kobī), Bengali কপি (kopi), Assamese কবি (kobi), Manipuri ꯀꯣꯕꯤ (kobi). Some believe a derivative from Sanskrit गोजीह्विका (gojīhvikā), but it is unlikely.
hoa ("flower") + lơ (prob. a phonetic borrowing from French fleur) + trắng ("white"); the word is probably derived from the French chou-fleur (cauliflower; literally "flower cabbage")