anchovy

Betekenis (Engels)

Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in sixteen genera, those of the genus Engraulis being widely sold as food.

Sinonieme

small fish

Californian anchoveta

North Pacific anchovy

Peruvian anchoveta

bay anchovy

mediterranean anchovy

Californian anchovy

piquitinga

large z’anchois

longjaw thryssa

northern anchovy

oblique-jaw thryssa

Frekwensie

35k
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈæn.t͡ʃə.vi/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

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”)); others suggest it comes from Basque antxu, anchu (“dried fish”), from anchuva (“dry”), if that Basque term is not itself derived from Latin via some intermediary. None of these hypotheses is satisfactory because of the phonetic irregularities.

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