anguilla

See also Anguilla

Italian

Etymology

From Latin anguilla

Noun

anguilla f (plural anguille)

1. eel

Anagrams

• allungai

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *angh- (“water-worm, eel”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔγχελυς (éŋkhelys, “eel”), Old High German angar (“mealworm, larva, grub”) (Modern German Engerling).

Influenced by anguis (“snake”), in the same way Ancient Greek ἔγχελυς (enkhelūs, “eel”) was influenced by ἔχις (ekhis, “snake”), but unfortunately no Proto-Indo-European form can be reconstructed due to similar changes in other daughter languages, commonly attributed to a taboo. Cognate with Old Prussian angurgis and Albanian ngjalë. Compare Finnish borrowing ankerias.

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA: /an.ɡuˈil.la/

Noun

anguilla (genitive anguillae); f, first declension

1. eel
2. vocative singular of anguilla

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	anguilla	anguillae
genitive	anguillae	anguillārum
dative	anguillae	anguillīs
accusative	anguillam	anguillās
ablative	anguillā	anguillīs
vocative	anguilla	anguillae

Descendants

Albanian: ngjalë Catalan: anguila Dalmatian: anǧola French: anguille Italian: anguilla Old Portuguese: anguia

Portuguese: enguia Romanian: anghilă Sardinian: ambidda, anguidda Sicilian: ancidda, anghidda, ncidda, nghidda Spanish: anguila

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA: /an.ɡuˈil.laː/

Noun

anguillā

1. ablative singular of anguilla