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Un carciofo

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Siculo-Arabic, from Arabic خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf).[1][2] Doublet of articiocco, which is used in northern Italy. Compare Sicilian cacòcciula.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /karˈt͡ʃɔ.fo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔfo
  • Hyphenation: car‧ciò‧fo

Noun edit

carciofo m (plural carciofi)

  1. artichoke

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle French: carchoffle
  • Polish: karczoch
  • Spanish: alcachofa

References edit

  1. ^ Elcock, W. D. (1960) The Romance Languages[1], 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".
  2. ^ Sicily[2], 2009, page 74