2007-05-24 05:10:48 · 4 answers · asked by BrianMC 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
As dogs are canine and bears are ursine, pigs are described as porcine, hence the work pork to describe their flesh.
2007-05-24 05:20:38 · answer #1 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pork (n.)
1215, "flesh of a pig as food," from L. porcus "pig, tame swine," from PIE *porko- "young swine" (cf. Umbrian purka; O.C.S. prase "young pig;" Lith. parsas "pig;" O.E. fearh, M.Du. varken, both from P.Gmc. *farhaz). Porker young hog fattened for food" is recorded from 1657; meaning "fat person" is from 1892. Pork chop is attested from 1858. Pork barrel "state's financial resources" is 1909, on notion of food supply kept in a barrel (lit. sense from 1801); the shortened form pork in this sense is attested from 1862. Pork-pie hat originally described a woman's style popular c.1855-65, so called for its shape.
2007-05-24 05:58:12 · answer #2 · answered by pockety 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
[13th century. Via Old French from Latin porcus “pig” (source of English porcupine and porcelain). Ultimately from an Indo-European word meaning “pig,” which is also the ancestor of English farrow.]
2007-05-27 23:16:14 · answer #3 · answered by tetet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From Middle English porc which is from Old French which is from Latin porcus, a pig
2007-05-24 05:25:38 · answer #4 · answered by Margaret 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋