anciôa

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See also: ancioa

Ligurian

Etymology

Likely from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, alteration of Latin aphyē (“small fry”), borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aŋˈt͡ʃuːa/
Hyphenation: an‧ciô‧a

Noun

anciôa f (plural anciôe)

anchovy (any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family)

Descendants

→ Catalan: amploia
→ Corsican: anciua, anchjuva
→ Italian: acciuga
→ Lombard: inciòda, incioda (Western), anciùa (Eastern)
→ Piedmontese: anciova
- → Franco-Provençal: enchôva
→ Old Occitan: anchoia
- Occitan: anchòia
- → French: anchois (see there for further descendants)
→ Sardinian:
Campidanese: anciua, aciua

Logudorese: antzua, atzua
Venetan: inciò
- → Albanian: ançua／ançue
- → Greek: αντζούγια (antzoúgia) (see there for further descendants)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ìnćūn／ѝнћӯн (see there for further descendants)
→ Spanish: anchoa (see there for further descendants)

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