anguilla

Etymology

From Latin anguilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡwil.la/, [ãŋˈɡwil̺ːä]
• Hyphenation: an‧guìl‧la

Noun

anguilla f (plural anguille)

1. eel

Anagrams

• allungai

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰ- (“water-worm, eel”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔγχελυς (énkhelus, “eel”), Old High German angar (“mealworm, larva, grub”) (Modern German Engerling), Proto-Slavic *ǫgorjь, Lithuanian ungurỹs.

Influenced by anguis (“snake”), in the same way Ancient Greek ἔγχελῡς (énkhelūs, “eel”) was influenced by ἔχις (ékhis, “snake”), but unfortunately no Proto-Indo-European form can be reconstructed due to similar changes in other daughter languages, commonly attributed to a taboo. Cognate with Old Prussian angurgis and Albanian ngjalë. Compare Finnish borrowing ankerias.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈɡʷil.la/, [aŋˈɡᶣɪl.la]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈɡwil.la/, [aŋˈɡwil.la]

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈɡʷil.laː/, [aŋˈɡᶣɪl.laː]

References

• anguilla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• anguilla in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• anguilla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• anguilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• anguilla in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• anguilla in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin