It tends to originate as an occupational name for a merchant or cultivator of the crops.

[1] Cabbage was most likely domesticated somewhere in Europe in Ancient history before 1000 BC.

[2] It was described as a table luxury in the Roman Empire.

[3] By the Middle Ages, cabbage had become a prominent part of European cuisine, as indicated by manuscript illuminations.

[4] New variates were introduced from the Renaissance on, mostly by Germanic-speaking peoples.