The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀσπάραγος
- Medieval Latin · borrowed fromasparagus
- English todayasparagus
Borrowed from Medieval Latin asparagus, sparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos), variant of ἀσφάραγος (aspháragos). Displaced Old English eorþnafola. Later became an eggcorn in dialect as sparrowgrass.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.