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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsalpaA kind of stockfish
2Ancient GreekσάλπηSalema porgy
Every word from Ancient Greek σάλπη →