Where does “truffle hog” come from?
truffle hog (English) comes from English hog, from English quahog, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
truffle hog (English): A domestic pig used for extraction of truffles
Definitions
- A domestic pig used for extraction of truffles
Ancestry of “truffle hog”, step by step
truffle hog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hog
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hog | Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of... |
| 2 | English | quahog | An edible clam with a hard shell found along the... |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English truffle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | truffle | Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber,... |
| 2 | Old French | trufle | mockery |
| 3 | Occitan | trufa | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | tufera | — |
| 5 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |