Etymograph

English

kapusta

Kapusta comes from Polish kapusta ‘cabbage (plant)’.

  1. Polishmodernkapusta‘cabbage (plant)’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1931same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Polishmodernkapusta‘cabbage (plant)’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1931same form

Earliest quotation: 1931, Albert Muldavin, The Red Fog Lifts: “So you are the gentleman from America who has…”

Today it means

noun A dish of braised or stewed sauerkraut or cabbage, with bacon, mushroom and onion or garlic.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Polish kapusta / kapusta