Where does “porcelainlike” come from?
porcelainlike (English) comes from English porcelain, from Middle French porcelaine, from Old French pourcelaine, from Italian porcellana, from Italian porcella, from Italian porca, from Latin porca, from Esperanto porka — passed , crossed.
porcelainlike (English): Resembling porcelain or some aspect of it
Definitions
- Resembling porcelain or some aspect of it
Ancestry of “porcelainlike”, step by step
porcelainlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English porcelain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | porcelain | A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made... |
| 2 | Middle French | porcelaine | cowrie, wampum; china, chinaware |
| 3 | Old French | pourcelaine | Cowrie, cockle, or similar univalve shell; The... |
| 4 | Italian | porcellana | porcelain, china; third-person singular present... |
| 5 | Italian | porcella | female equivalent of porcello; slut, bitch, goer |
| 6 | Italian | porca | the ridge between two furrows; balk; sow; A... |
| 7 | Latin | porca | sow; the ridge between two furrows; a balk |
| 8 | Esperanto | porka | porcine |
| 9 | Esperanto | porko | pig |
| 10 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |