anchovy

an·cho·vy

anchovy

noun

pl. -·vies or -·vy

any of a family (Engraulidae) of very small fishes (order Clupeiformes) with large mouths, found mostly in warm seas: anchovies, esp. the European species (Engraulis encrasicholus), are used as a relish, either canned in oil or made into a salty paste

Origin of anchovy

Portuguese anchova from Vulgar Latin an unverified form ap?ua from Classical Latin aphya from Classical Greek aphy?, small fry

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anchovy

noun

pl. anchovy, or an·cho·vies

Any of various small silvery marine fishes of the family Engraulidae, especially Engraulis encrasicolus of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, often cured and preserved in oil.

Origin of anchovy

Spanish anchoa, anchova from Vulgar Latin apiuva from Greek aphuē small fry perhaps a- not ; see a- ¹. phuein to become, grow ; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.

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Noun

(plural anchovies)

Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in 16 genera, of which the genus Engraulis is widely sold as food.

Origin

From Spanish anchova, from Genoese Ligurian anchua anchova or perhaps from a similar Corsican term. The term's ultimate origin is unclear; some suggest it may have derived from an unattested Vulgar Latin term *apiuva, from Latin aphye, from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphuē); 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.

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