artichoke

English

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Andalusian Arabic الـ (al-)
    Akkadian 𒅈𒋢𒌒𒁍 (arsuppu)bor.?
    Middle Persian *xār-čōpbor.?
    Arabic خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf)
    Andalusian Arabic خَرْشُوف (ḵaršúf)
    Andalusian Arabic الْخَرْشُوف (al-ḵaršúf)bor.
    Old Spanish alcarchofabor.
    Occitan artichautbor.?
    Lombard articiochbor.
    English artichoke

    From Lombard articioch (cf. articiocco), from Occitan artichaut, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic الْخَرْشُوف (al-ḵaršūf), from Arabic الْخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf), definite form of خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf).[1][2][3]

    Pronunciation

    • (rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹ.tɪˌtʃoʊk/
    • (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈɑː.tɪˌtʃəʊk/
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    Noun

    artichoke (countable and uncountable, plural artichokes)

    1. (countable) A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.
    2. A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.
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    References

    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. ^ “alcachofa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
    3. ^ artichaut in Dicod'oc
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