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Where does “sardelo” come from?

sardelo (Esperanto) comes from German Sardelle, from Italian sardella, from Italian sarda, from Latin sardīna, from Latin Sardinia, from Ancient Greek Σαρδώ — Sardinia.

sardelo (Esperanto): anchovy

Definitions

  1. anchovy

Ancestry of “sardelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSardelleanchovy; combover
2Italiansardellasardine
3Italiansardasardine; female equivalent of sardo
4Latinsardīna—
5LatinSardinia—
6Ancient GreekΣαρδώSardinia
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