Where does “alcarchofa” come from?

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

alcarchofa (Old Spanish): artichoke

Definitions

  1. artichoke

Ancestry of “alcarchofa”, step by step

alcarchofa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Andalusian Arabic اَلْخَرْشُوف

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Andalusian Arabicاَلْخَرْشُوف—
2Arabicاَلْخُرْشُوف—
3Arabicخُرْشُوفartichoke

via Arabic خرشوف

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicخرشوفartichoke
2Akkadian𒅈𒋢𒌒𒁍a type of cereal with a braid appearance; an...

via Andalusian Arabic الْخَرْشُوف

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Andalusian Arabicالْخَرْشُوف—
2Arabicالْخُرْشُوف—

Words derived from “alcarchofa”

Every word from Arabic خُرْشُوف →Every word from Arabic اَلْخُرْشُوف →Every word from Andalusian Arabic اَلْخَرْشُوف →