carciofo
Italian
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Alternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Siculo-Arabic, from Arabic خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf).[1][2] Doublet of articiocco, which is used in northern Italy. Compare Sicilian cacòcciula.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcarciofo m (plural carciofi)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Middle French: carchoffle
- → Polish: karczoch
- → Spanish: alcachofa
References
edit- ^ Elcock, W. D. (1960) The Romance Languages[1], page 282: "Borrowed directly from the Qairawān–Sicily region, without the article, the same Arabic word appears in Italian as carciofo; the Spanish form penetrated, however, into Provence, where it became archichaut, arquichaut, and thence into northern Italy as articiocco".
- ^ Sicily[2], 2009, page 74
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