Etymology

salpa

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Latin salpa ← Ancient Greek σάλπη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσάλπη“a species of fish”
  2. Latin · derived fromsalpa
  3. English todaysalpa

Borrowed from New Latin, from Latin salpa, from Ancient Greek σάλπη (sálpē, “a species of fish”). Doublet of salp.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.