artichoke
AR-tih-chohk · noun
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.
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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.
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From Andalusian Arabic