Where does “piggy” come from?
Piggy comes from Middle English -y, from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ivus, from Latin -ia, from Proto-Indo-European -kos.
piggy (English): A pig; A guinea pig; A toe
Definitions
- A pig; A guinea pig; A toe
Ancestry of “piggy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | pig | Any of several intelligent mammalian species of... |
| 2 | Middle English | pigge | A piglet or young pig; A pig irrespective of age;... |
| 3 | Old English | picga | a young pig; piglet |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | piggō | pig |
Words derived from “piggy”