espinoche

Old French

Etymology

From Arabic سَبَانِخ (sabāniḵ, “spinach”).

Noun

espinoche oblique singular, f (oblique plural espinoches, nominative singular espinoche, nominative plural espinoches)

spinach (vegetable)
Synonym: espinart

Descendants

French: épinard, (obsolete) epinart
→ English: spinach, (obsolete) spinage
→ Irish: spionáiste

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (espinoche)

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