Asparagus (Eng.); Asperge (Fr.); Esparrago (Sp.); Asparago (It.); Spargel (Germ.)
All of these terms come from the Latin asparagus, which was adopted from the Greek word of the same name that means "sparrow grass," as it was often served with little cooked sparrows

One of my uncles used to call "asparagus" "sparrowgrass"
and I thought he was just joking, and never asked him about it. Perhaps he got it from his father, who was quite well read.