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Webster 1913 Edition

Anchovy

An-cho′vy

(ăn-chō′vy̆)
,
Noun.
[Sp.
anchoa
,
anchova
, or Pg.
anchova
, prob. of Iberian origin, and lit. a dried or pickled fish, fr. Bisc.
antzua
dry: cf. D.
anchovis
, F.
anchois
.]
(Zool.)
A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (
Engraulis encrasicholus
), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterranean, and pickled for exportation. The name is also applied to several allied species.

Webster 1828 Edition

Anchovy

ANCHO'VY

,

Definition 2024

anchovy

anchovy

English

line drawing of a Common European Anchovy

Wikispecies

Noun

anchovy ‎(plural anchovies)

  1. 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.

Translations

References

  1. ↑ “anchovy” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
  2. ↑ Robert Lawrence Trask, The History of Basque

Etymology

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 ‎(aphúē); others suggest it comes from Basque antxu, anchu ‎(“dried fish”), from anchuva ‎(“dry”),[1] if that Basque term is not itself derived from Latin via some intermediary.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæn.tʃə.vi/, /ˈæn.tʃəʊ.vi/, /ænˈtʃəʊ.vi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæn.tʃoʊ.vi/, /ænˈtʃoʊ.vi/

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