Where does “porțelan” come from?
porțelan (Romanian) comes from German Porzellan, from Italian porcellana, from Italian porcella, from Italian porca, from Latin porca, from Esperanto porka, from Esperanto porko, from Latin porcus — passed , crossed.
porțelan (Romanian): porcelain
Definitions
- porcelain
Ancestry of “porțelan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Porzellan | porcelain |
| 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 |