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