Where does “alcachofa” come from?

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

alcachofa (Spanish): artichoke; shower head

Definitions

  1. artichoke; shower head

Ancestry of “alcachofa”, step by step

alcachofa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Spanish alcarchofa

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

via Arabic الخُرْشُوف

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicالخُرْشُوف—

Words derived from “alcachofa”

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