Etymology

Porcellian

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Today it means: Of or relating to the Porcellian Club, a final club at Harvard University. Full definition →

Latin porcellus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromporcellus“piglet”
  2. English todayPorcellian

From Latin porcellus (“piglet”) + -ian after the dinners of roasted pig that the club originally held.

Words from the same roots

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