porco
Portuguese
/ˈpoχ.ku/, /ˈpoɹ.ku/, /ˈpoɻ.ko/, /ˈpox.kʊ/, /ˈpoɾ.ku/
noun
Definitions
- pig the domesticated farm animal Sus scrofa
- pork; swineflesh
- (derogatory) pig dirty or slovenly person
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese porco inherited from Latin porcus (pig, domestic hog, pork, domesticated hog) 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
- *porcopiscis Latin
- cōrtis, cōrs, cors Latin
- porcaricia Latin
- porcarius Latin
- porcella Latin
- porcellus Latin
- porcile Latin
- porculus Latin
- porcum, porcus Latin
- porcus Latin
- porcāricia Latin
- porcārius Latin
- porcīle Latin
- porco Italian
- porquero Spanish, Castilian
- porquería Spanish, Castilian
- puerco Spanish, Castilian
- puercoespín Spanish, Castilian
- πόρκος Ancient Greek
- *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *porḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pórḱos Proto-Indo-European
- porcaria Portuguese
- *farhaz Proto-Germanic
- purka Old Norse
- *porsę Proto-Slavic
- porc Old French
- porc-espin Old French
- porko Esperanto
- porco Galician
- porc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- porko Ido
- porco Old Portuguese
- *ɸorkos Proto-Celtic
- porcu Aromanian
- *porkos Proto-Italic
- piertg Romansh
- portg Romansh
- püerch Romansh
- puercu Asturian
- porcarie Friulian
- purcit Friulian
- porc Old Occitan
- puerco Old Spanish
- porko Papiamentu
- pòrco Ligurian
- puarc Dalmatian
- porku Kabuverdianu
- porcu Corsican
- *porćas urj-fpr-pro
- pôrz Emilian
- pōrc Emilian
- 𐌐𐌏𐌓𐌂𐌀 Umbrian
- porcom Lusitanian