tosino

Cebuano

noun
Definitions
  • a type of cured meat; usually pork tenderloin in a mixture of annatto, salt, pepper, rhum or pineapple juice, enzyme powder, curing salt and previously saltpeter

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian tocino (bacon) derived from Latin tuccinum lardum, tuccētum (pork conserved in brine) derived from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (swell, crowd, grow, become strong, be strong).

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Proto-Indo-European

*tewh₂-

Gloss

swell, crowd, grow, become strong, be strong

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