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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

  1. A person who makes or sells porcelain

Ancestry of “porcelainier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchporcelainecowrie, a mollusk of the family Cypraeidae, or...
2Old FrenchpourcelaineCowrie, cockle, or similar univalve shell; The...
3Italianporcellanaporcelain, china; third-person singular present...
4Italianporcellafemale equivalent of porcello; slut, bitch, goer
5Italianporcathe ridge between two furrows; balk; sow; A...
6Latinporcasow; the ridge between two furrows; a balk
7Esperantoporkaporcine
8Esperantoporkopig
9Latinporcusa piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for...
10Proto-Italicporkospig
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpórḱospiglet
12Proto-Indo-Europeanperḱ-colored; motley; to open, rip up
13Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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