Where does “porquejada” come from?

porquejada (Catalan) comes from Catalan porquejar, from Catalan -ejar, from Late Latin -izō.

porquejada (Catalan): annual hog butchering (traditionally taking place in wintertime)

Definitions

  1. annual hog butchering (traditionally taking place in wintertime)

Ancestry of “porquejada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanporquejarto make something dirty
2Catalan-ejarForms verbs from adjectives and nouns
3Late Latin-izō—
Every word from Late Latin -izō →Every word from Catalan -ejar →Every word from Catalan porquejar →