Where does “pigs” come from?
Pigs comes from Middle English pigge, Old English picga, and Proto-West Germanic piggō, of unknown ultimate origin.
pigs (English): plural of pig; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of pig; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “pigs”, 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 “pigs”