Where does “salpa” come from?

salpa (Italian) comes from Latin salpa, from Ancient Greek σάλπη — Salema porgy.

salpa (Italian): salp; third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. salp; third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “salpa”, step by step

salpa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin salpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsalpaA kind of stockfish
2Ancient GreekσάλπηSalema porgy

via Translingual Salpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualSalpagenus
Every word from Ancient Greek σάλπη →Every word from Latin salpa →