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