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Where does “sardela” come from?

sardela (Italian) comes from Venetian sardeła, from Italian sardella, from Italian sarda, from Latin sardīna, from Latin Sardinia, from Ancient Greek Σαρδώ — Sardinia.

sardela (Italian): sardine

Definitions

  1. sardine

Ancestry of “sardela”, step by step

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