garbanzo

The word "garbanzo" entered English from Spanish in the 17th century. The Spanish term likely derives from the Old Spanish "arvanço," which itself has a more complex history, possibly influenced by the Greek "erebinthos." Ultimately, the origin traces back to a non-Indo-European source, perhaps reflected in the Albanian "qiqër." The word's journey illustrates the transmission of agricultural and culinary vocabulary across Mediterranean cultures, with the Spanish form becoming the standard name for the chickpea in American English, distinguishing it from the "chickpea" more common in British English.

This word is a loanword adopted as a single, unanalyzable unit in English.