The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσᾰ́λπη“porgy”
- French · borrowed fromsalpe
- English todaysalp
From French salpe, from Ancient Greek σᾰ́λπη (sắlpē, “porgy”). Doublet of salpa.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
salp
Today it means: Any of the free-swimming tunicates of the order Salpida and its single family Salpidae. Full definition →
French salpe ← Ancient Greek σᾰ́λπη