Where does “porcelaine” come from?
porcelaine (Middle 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 (Middle French): cowrie, wampum; china, chinaware
Definitions
- cowrie, wampum; china, chinaware
Ancestry of “porcelaine”, step by step
porcelaine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French pourcelaine
| 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 |
via Old Italian porcellana
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Italian | porcellana | cowrie; china, chinaware |