Old Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Andalusian Arabic الْخَرْشُوف (al-ẖaršúf), from Arabic الْخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf).[1] Attested 1443.[2]

Noun edit

alcarchofa f (plural alcarchofas)

  1. artichoke

Descendants edit

  • Spanish: alcachofa
    • Tagalog: alkatsopas
  • Occitan: artichaut [3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ alcarchofa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  2. ^ Annales de la Faculté des lettres de Bordeaux et des universités du midi[1] (in French), volume 4, Bière, 1957
  3. ^ Elcock, W. D. (1960) The Romance Languages[2], page 282: "Borrowed directly from the Qairawān–Sicily region, without the article, the same Arabic word appears in Italian as carciofo; the Spanish form penetrated, however, into Provence, where it became archichaut, arquichaut, and thence into northern Italy as articiocco".
  4. ^ artichaut in Dicod'oc