articiocco

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Lombard articioch or Borrowed from Occitan artichaut, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic الْخَرْشُوف (al-ḵaršūf), 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
  3. ^ artichaut in Dicod'oc