anciôa
See also: ancioa
Ligurian edit
Etymology edit
Likely from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, alteration of Latin aphyē (“small fry”), borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
anciôa f (plural anciôe)
- anchovy (any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family)
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: amploia
- → Corsican: anciua, anchjuva
- → Italian: acciuga
- → Lombard: inciòda, incioda (Western), anciùa (Eastern)
- → Piedmontese: anciova
- → Franco-Provençal: enchôva
- → Old Occitan: anchoia
- → Sardinian:
- → Venetian: inciò, anciò, (older) anciuga
- → Spanish: anchoa (see there for further descendants)