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

artichoke

Ancestry of “alcachofra”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Spanish	alcarchofa	artichoke
2	Andalusian Arabic	اَلْخَرْشُوف	—
3	Arabic	اَلْخُرْشُوف	—
4	Arabic	خُرْشُوف	artichoke

Every word from Arabic خُرْشُوف →