Etymology

porket

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Today it means: A piglet, especially one that is to be raised to produce pork. Full definition →

Anglo-Norman and Middle French porchet ← Old French porchet
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  1. Old French · derived fromporchet
  2. Anglo-Norman and Middle French · derived fromporchet“piglet”
  3. English todayporket

Probably from pork + -et (diminutive suffix), after Anglo-Norman and Middle French porchet (“piglet”, obsolete French porquet), from Old French porchet, from porc (“pig”) + -et (diminutive suffix). Compare porklet and porkling, and Medieval Latin porchettus, porchetum (in British sources).

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