It comes from Italian articiocco, ultimately from Arabic al-khurshuf
From Northern Italian 'articiocco' adopted from Arabic al-hursufa or al kharshuf. The Old Spanish word is alcarchofa also taken from Arabic
alcachofa
your butt
your butt
Pallehuvu
Artichoke is the nominative, or dictionary form of the word. Using an apostrophe (') between this word and an "s" creates it in the singular possessive form. Thus artichoke's is singular possessive. The possessive plural form is artichokes'.
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· Artichoke · Asparagus
un artichaud (masc.)
apple artichoke
There seems to be a lot of discrepancy on this subject. However, for a really interesting article on various aspects of the artichoke, see the Related Link.