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Where does “artichaut” come from?

artichaut (French) comes from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْخَرْشُوف, from Arabic اَلْخُرْشُوف, from Arabic خُرْشُوف — artichoke.

artichaut (French): artichoke

Definitions

  1. artichoke

Ancestry of “artichaut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishalcarchofaartichoke
2Andalusian Arabicاَلْخَرْشُوف—
3Arabicاَلْخُرْشُوف—
4Arabicخُرْشُوفartichoke

Words derived from “artichaut”

  • artichautière
  • artiŝoko
  • ác-ti-sô
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