carciofo
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
- carcioffo (archaic)
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
Noun edit
carciofo m (plural carciofi)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Middle French: carchoffle
- → Polish: karczoch
- → Spanish: alcachofa
References edit
- ^ 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".
- ^ Sicily[2], 2009, page 74