anchovy
English
/ˈæn.tʃə.vi/, /ˈæn.tʃoʊ.vi/
noun
Definitions
- Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in 16 genera, of which the genus Engraulis is widely sold as food.
Etymology
Derived from Spanish, Castilian anchova derived from Ligurian anciôa derived from Corsican anchjuva derived from Latin aphyē (small fry) derived from Ancient Greek ἀφύη derived from Basque antxu.
Origin
Basque (Bidasoa Valley)
antxu
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anchovette English
- anchovylike English
- *apiua Latin
- *apiuva Latin
- aphya Latin
- aphye Latin
- aphyē Latin
- acciuga Italian
- ansjovis Dutch, Flemish
- anchova Spanish, Castilian
- anchovas Spanish, Castilian
- φύω Ancient Greek
- ἀφύη Ancient Greek
- ansjos Norwegian Bokmål
- anchova Portuguese
- アンチョビ Japanese
- ansjos Norwegian Nynorsk
- ainseabhaí Irish
- anxova Catalan, Valencian
- antxu Basque
- anciôa Ligurian
- anchjuva Corsican
- *apiua la-med