asparagus

Asparagus comes from Medieval Latin asparagus (also sparagus), itself from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos), a variant of ἀσφάραγος (aspháragos).

The borrowed Latin/Greek term eventually displaced the native Old English word for the plant, eorþnafola. In some English dialects, speakers later reshaped the unfamiliar word into 'sparrowgrass,' an eggcorn that made it sound like something more familiar.