anjova
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Catalan anxova (“anchovy”), in turn from Spanish anchova, from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē, from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē, “small fry”). Doublet of anchoa and anchova.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
anjova f (plural anjovas)
Further reading edit
- “anjova”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014