porcus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a piglet, a young pig
- (more generally) a pig, hog
- (pejorative) glutton, pig
- female genitalia
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *porkos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (young swine, young pig, pig).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pórḱos
Gloss
young swine, young pig, pig
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
豚
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- farrow English
- unfarrowed English
- *porcicula Latin
- *porcopiscis Latin
- -ellus Latin
- cōrtis, cōrs, cors Latin
- porca Latin
- porcaricia Latin
- porcarius Latin
- porcella Latin
- porcellus Latin
- porcile Latin
- porculus Latin
- porcum, porcus Latin
- porcāricia Latin
- porcārius Latin
- porcīle Latin
- pulcher Latin
- porcaia Italian
- porcaio Italian
- porcamente Italian
- porcareccia Italian
- porcella Italian
- porcello Italian
- porchereccio Italian
- porcheria Italian
- porcile Italian
- porco Italian
- porcume Italian
- fard French
- porqueriza Spanish, Castilian
- porquero Spanish, Castilian
- puerco Spanish, Castilian
- puercoespín Spanish, Castilian
- πέρκη Ancient Greek
- πέρκος Ancient Greek
- περκνός Ancient Greek
- πρόξ Ancient Greek
- πρώξ Ancient Greek
- πόρκος Ancient Greek
- *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *porḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pr̥ḱeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *pórḱos Proto-Indo-European
- purke Norwegian Bokmål
- porco Portuguese
- *farhaz Proto-Germanic
- *farwiþōną Proto-Germanic
- *farwō Proto-Germanic
- *furhs Proto-Germanic
- purke Norwegian Nynorsk
- fearh Old English
- *farwe Middle English
- pork Middle English
- porke despyne Middle English
- purka Old Norse
- *porsę Proto-Slavic
- porc Old French
- porc-espin Old French
- porchier Old French
- porpeis Old French
- pourcel Old French
- pourpois Old French
- porka Esperanto
- porkaĵo Esperanto
- porkido Esperanto
- porkino Esperanto
- porkiĉo Esperanto
- porko Esperanto
- virporko Esperanto
- porc Catalan, Valencian
- porcell Catalan, Valencian
- porco Galician
- porc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- porcar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- porcesc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- porcușor Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- porcăreață Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- porcărie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- purcea Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- purcel Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- porchell Welsh
- porko Ido
- orc Old Irish
- por Norman
- porc Middle French
- porco Old Portuguese
- *ɸorkos Proto-Celtic
- porcu Aromanian
- purcar Aromanian
- purcãreatsã Aromanian
- purtseauã Aromanian
- purtsel Aromanian
- purtsescu Aromanian
- Porgge Alemannic German
- pòrc Occitan
- *porkos Proto-Italic
- piertg Romansh
- portg Romansh
- purschel Romansh
- purschi Romansh
- purschè Romansh
- purtscheala Romansh
- purtschi Romansh
- püerch Romansh
- puercu Asturian
- porcarie Friulian
- purcit Friulian
- porc Old Occitan
- puerco Old Spanish
- porhel Cornish
- *priknjā Proto-Albanian
- porchétto Ligurian
- pòrco Ligurian
- puarc Dalmatian
- porcel Ladin
- porcu Corsican
- *porćas urj-fpr-pro
- pôrz Emilian
- pōrc Emilian
- 𐌐𐌏𐌓𐌂𐌀 Umbrian
- porcom Lusitanian