Where does “porcelainier” come from?
porcelainier (French) comes from French porcelaine, from Old French pourcelaine, from Italian porcellana, from Italian porcella, from Italian porca, from Latin porca, from Esperanto porka, from Esperanto porko — passed , crossed.
porcelainier (French): A person who makes or sells porcelain
Definitions
- A person who makes or sells porcelain
Ancestry of “porcelainier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | porcelaine | cowrie, a mollusk of the family Cypraeidae, or... |
| 2 | Old French | pourcelaine | Cowrie, cockle, or similar univalve shell; The... |
| 3 | Italian | porcellana | porcelain, china; third-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | porcella | female equivalent of porcello; slut, bitch, goer |
| 5 | Italian | porca | the ridge between two furrows; balk; sow; A... |
| 6 | Latin | porca | sow; the ridge between two furrows; a balk |
| 7 | Esperanto | porka | porcine |
| 8 | Esperanto | porko | pig |
| 9 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |