alcachofa
artichokehortaliza de cabezuela comestible
Comes from Arabic
الخُرْشُوف
al-khurshūf
“the artichoke”«la alcachofa»
In Andalusi Arabic: الخَرْشُوفَة al-kharshūfa
Arabic today says
خَرْشُوف
kharshūf
And it still does
The article
Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.
The story
Andalusi al-kharshūfa gave Old Spanish alcarchofa; later the first r was lost. The Arabic kh, a sound Spanish lacked, became c (k).El andalusí al-kharshūfa dio el castellano antiguo alcarchofa; luego se perdió la primera r. La kh árabe, que el castellano no tenía, se quedó en c (k).
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