Where does “spinach” come from?
spinach (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ, from Persian اسپناخ — Alternative form of اسفناج; spinach.
spinach (Middle English): spinach
Ancestry of “spinach”, step by step
Words derived from “spinach”