Etymology

boar

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Today it means: A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. Full definition →

Middle English bor ← Old English bār ← Proto-West Germanic *bair
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*bair
  2. Old English · inherited frombār
  3. Middle English · inherited frombor
  4. English todayboar

From Middle English bor, boor, from Old English bār, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbār all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.