Etymology

porcine

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or being a pig. Full definition →

Middle English porcine ← Latin porcīnus ← Proto-Italic *porkos
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  1. Old French[Term?]
  2. Middle Frenchporcin
  3. Proto-Indo-European*perḱ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pórḱos
  5. Proto-Italic*porkos
  6. Latinporcus
  7. Latinporcīnus
  8. Middle Englishporcine
  9. English todayporcine

From Middle English porcine, partly from Middle French porcin (from Old French [Term?]) and partly from its etymon, Latin porcīnus, from porcus (“pig”).

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