Where does “porcelaine” come from?
porcelaine (French) comes from Old French pourcelaine, from Italian porcellana, from Italian porcella, from Italian porca, from Latin porca, from Esperanto porka, from Esperanto porko, from Latin porcus — passed , crossed.
porcelaine (French): cowrie, a mollusk of the family Cypraeidae, or...
Definitions
- cowrie, a mollusk of the family Cypraeidae, or...
Ancestry of “porcelaine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | pourcelaine | Cowrie, cockle, or similar univalve shell; The... |
| 2 | Italian | porcellana | porcelain, china; third-person singular present... |
| 3 | Italian | porcella | female equivalent of porcello; slut, bitch, goer |
| 4 | Italian | porca | the ridge between two furrows; balk; sow; A... |
| 5 | Latin | porca | sow; the ridge between two furrows; a balk |
| 6 | Esperanto | porka | porcine |
| 7 | Esperanto | porko | pig |
| 8 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |