Anchovy Definition
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.
Other Word Forms of Anchovy
Noun
Origin of Anchovy
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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.
From Wiktionary
Spanish anchova possibly from Vulgar Latin apiuva ultimately from Greek aphuē
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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