Where does “porselein” come from?
porselein (Dutch) comes from Middle French porcelaine, from Old French pourcelaine, from Italian porcellana, from Italian porcella, from Italian porca, from Latin porca, from Esperanto porka, from Esperanto porko — passed , crossed.
porselein (Dutch): the hard, translucent ceramic porcelain
Definitions
- the hard, translucent ceramic porcelain
Ancestry of “porselein”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | porcelaine | cowrie, wampum; china, chinaware |
| 2 | Old French | pourcelaine | Cowrie, cockle, or similar univalve shell; The... |
| 3 | Italian | porcellana | porcelain, china; third-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | porcella | female equivalent of porcello; slut, bitch, goer |
| 5 | Italian | porca | the ridge between two furrows; balk; sow; A... |
| 6 | Latin | porca | sow; the ridge between two furrows; a balk |
| 7 | Esperanto | porka | porcine |
| 8 | Esperanto | porko | pig |
| 9 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |