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Where does “bacn” come from?

bacn (English) comes from English bacon, from Middle English bacon, from Old French bacon, from Frankish bakō, from Proto-Germanic bakô, from Proto-Germanic baką, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

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Ancestry of “bacn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbaconCured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a...
2Middle EnglishbaconAlternative form of bacoun; meat from the back...
3Old Frenchbaconbacon, salted pork, ham, shank
4Frankishbakōham, flitch; back; flitch of bacon
5Proto-Germanicbakôback; flitch of bacon
6Proto-Germanicbakąback, rear
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break
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