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Where does “carxofa” come from?

carxofa (Catalan) comes from Andalusian Arabic خرَْشُوفَة, from Arabic خُرْشُوف — artichoke.

carxofa (Catalan): artichoke

Definitions

  1. artichoke

Ancestry of “carxofa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Andalusian Arabicخرَْشُوفَة—
2Arabicخُرْشُوفartichoke
Every word from Arabic خُرْشُوف →