It is assumed that the name comes from shimchae Kimchi (vegetables), before some phonetic changes (shimchae in dimchae in Kimchi kimchae).
Since human cultures began, they love vegetables that are full in vitamins and minerals. However during the wintertime, the cultivation was impossible, which is of course to the development for storing. Pickling is the name . As a kind of pickled (salted) vegetables, kimchi first met in Korea around 7th Century.
The first stage, there are only Kimchi salted vegetables, but in the 12 century, people have the view the new types of Kimchi with some spices and sauces. The 18th Century, finally, the key to hot peppers spices to create Kimchi. With the introduction of Baechu (English names: Chinese cabbage) in the 19th Century, the people within the same type of Kimchi that we know today.
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