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
Ancestry of “alcachofa”, step by step