cabbage
‘a vegetable with a large head’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. caboge, cabedge, cabige, cabidge < O.N.F. caboche ‘head’ < O.F. caboce ‘head’ < Lat. caput ‘head’ < kabuh < kaput- < Tamil kappu
cabbage
English words derived from Tamil kappal connoting 'ship'