'Spinach' is a word borrowed from Persian 'aspānāḵ'. The word entered the English language some time around the 15th century.
spinach [noun] [15th century]
- an Asian herb (Spinacia oleracea) of the goosefoot family cultivated for its edible leaves which form in a dense basa...
- its leaves
- something unwanted, pretentious, or spurious
- an untidy overgrowth
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Etymology: Middle English 'spinache' from Anglo-French, alteration of Old French 'espinaces' from Medieval Latin 'spinachium' ultimately from Arabic 'isfānākh' from Persian
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