caròba

Venetian

Etymology

From Middle French carobe, from Medieval Latin carrubium, from Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb).

Noun

caròba f (plural caròbe)

1. carob, locust bean

Derived terms

• carober
• carobèra

 

Further reading

• Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “caròba”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 140