Where does “bacon” come from?

bacon (Middle English) comes from Old French bacon, from Frankish bakō, from Proto-Germanic bakô, from Proto-Germanic baką, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

bacon (Middle English): Alternative form of bacoun; meat from the back...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of bacoun; meat from the back...

Ancestry of “bacon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbaconbacon, salted pork, ham, shank
2Frankishbakōham, flitch; back; flitch of bacon
3Proto-Germanicbakôback; flitch of bacon
4Proto-Germanicbakąback, rear
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “bacon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baką →Every word from Proto-Germanic bakô →