Where does “alcachofra” come from?

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

alcachofra (Galician): artichoke

Definitions

  1. artichoke

Ancestry of “alcachofra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishalcarchofaartichoke
2Andalusian Arabicاَلْخَرْشُوف—
3Arabicاَلْخُرْشُوف—
4Arabicخُرْشُوفartichoke
Every word from Arabic خُرْشُوف →Every word from Arabic اَلْخُرْشُوف →Every word from Andalusian Arabic اَلْخَرْشُوف →