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Alternative forms

carcioffo (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Siculo-Arabic, from Arabic خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf).^[1]^[2] Doublet of articiocco, which is used in northern Italy. Compare Sicilian cacòcciula.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /karˈt͡ʃɔ.fo/
Rhymes: -ɔfo
Hyphenation: car‧ciò‧fo

Noun

carciofo m (plural carciofi)

artichoke

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Middle French: carchoffle
→ Polish: karczoch
→ Spanish: alcachofa

References

^ 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

[1] 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".

[2] Sicily‎^[2], 2009, page 74

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