articiocco

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan artichaut, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic الْخَرْشُوف (al-ẖaršúf), from Arabic الْخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf). Doublet of carciofo.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ar.tiˈt͡ʃɔk.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ɔkko
  • Hyphenation: ar‧ti‧ciòc‧co

Noun

articiocco m (plural articiocchi)

  1. (northern Italy) artichoke
    • 1826, Flora veneta‎, volume 1, page 89:
      Gli Articiocchi sono sanissimi [...]
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    • 1840 May 1, Giornale agrario Lombardo-Veneto‎, page 176:
      Modo di conservare gli articiocchi per tutto l'anno.
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Descendants

References
  1. Elcock, W. D. (1960) The Romance Languages‎, 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. “alcachofa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  3. artichaut in Dicod'oc
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