Etymology

porciculture

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Today it means: The raising of pigs. Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*perḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pórḱos
  3. Proto-Italic*porkos
  4. Latinporcus
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  7. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  8. Latincolō
  9. Latincultūra
  10. Middle Frenchculture
  11. Englishculture
  12. English todayporciculture

From Latin porcus + English culture.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.