anchovy

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Etymology[edit]

From Spanish anchoa, from Genoese Ligurian anciôa or related Corsican anchjuva, anciua. The term's ultimate origin is unclear; some suggest it may have derived from an unattested Vulgar Latin term *apiuva, from Latin aphyē, apua, from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē) (which may be formed like Sanskrit अभ्व (ábhva-, “monster”))[1]; others suggest it comes from Basque antxu, anchu (“dried fish”), from anchuva (“dry”),[2] if that Basque term is not itself derived from Latin via some intermediary.[3]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæn.t͡ʃə.vi/, /ˈæn.t͡ʃəʊ.vi/, /ænˈt͡ʃəʊ.vi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ænˈt͡ʃoʊ.vi/
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  • Rhymes: -əʊvi

Noun[edit]

anchovy (plural anchovies)

  1. 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.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Michael Meier-Brügger, “Griechisch ἀφύη ‘Bratfischchen’, ved. ábhva- ‘Unding’, myk. a-phu-”, Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft 52 (1991): 123–5.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “anchovy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  3. ^ Robert Lawrence Trask, The History of Basque
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