Where does “bacon” come from?

bacon (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French bacun, from Frankish bakō, from Proto-Germanic bakô, from Proto-Germanic baką, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

bacon (Anglo-Norman): bacon, salted pork, ham, shank

Definitions

  1. bacon, salted pork, ham, shank

Ancestry of “bacon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbacunham, strip of lard; ham, flitch, strip of lard
2Frankishbakōham, flitch; back; flitch of bacon
3Proto-Germanicbakôback; flitch of bacon
4Proto-Germanicbakąback, rear
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “bacon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baką →Every word from Proto-Germanic bakô →