artichoke
AR-tih-chohk · noun
ArabicAndalusian ArabicOld SpanishOccitanLombardEnglish
Origin
English artichoke comes from Lombard articioch, itself from Occitan artichaut, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic al-ḵaršúf, the definite form of Arabic al-ḵuršūf.
Journey
The word passed from Arabic through Andalusian Arabic into Old Spanish, then Occitan, then Lombard, before finally settling into English — each language reshaping its sound along the way.
Related words
The facts given don't support tracing this word to any other English cognate.
More words
From Andalusian Arabic