anciôa

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)

1. 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

• → Venetian: inciò, anciò, (older) anciuga
  • → Albanian: ançua／ançue
  • → Greek: αντζούγια (antzoúgia), αντσούγια (antsoúgia); αντζούγα (antzoúga) — now rare; αντσούγα (antsoúga) — rarer
    • → Armenian: անձրուկ (anjruk)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ìnćūn／ѝнћӯн
• → Spanish: anchoa (see there for further descendants)