anclaje

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der.?

Pre-Greekbor.?

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́γκῡρᾰ (ắnkūră)bor.?

Latin ancora

Old Spanish ancla

Spanish ancla

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish anclar

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Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin -āticus

Latin -āticum

Old French -agebor.

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Latin -āticum

Old Occitan -atgebor.

Spanish -aje

Spanish anclaje

From anclar + -aje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈklaxe/ [ãŋˈkla.xe]
• Rhymes: -axe
• Syllabification: an‧cla‧je

Noun

anclaje m (plural anclajes)

1. anchorage [from early 16th c.]

   Synonym: ancoraje

Derived terms

• punto de anclaje

Further reading

• “anclaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025