Kale, coleslaw, and cauliflower all share the same Latin root for cabbage — and in Scotland, kale was so important that the word became slang for dinner itself.
A hardy variety of cabbage with curly or wrinkled leaves that do not form a compact head, eaten as a vegetable.
From northern English and Scots kale or kail, a dialectal form of cole (cabbage), from Old English cawel, from Latin caulis (stem, stalk, cabbage), from Greek kaulos (stem, stalk), from Proto-Indo-European *kawl- (stem, stalk). Key roots: *kawl- (Proto-Indo-European: "stem, stalk").
Kale and coleslaw share the same ancient root — Latin caulis (cabbage). The word cole (cabbage) survives in coleslaw, cauliflower (literally cabbage-flower), and broccoli's cousin kohlrabi (German for cabbage-turnip). Kale is simply the Scottish and northern English pronunciation of cole. After centuries as humble peasant