Where does “semiporțelan” come from?
semiporțelan (Romanian) comes from Romanian porțelan, from German Porzellan, from Italian porcellana, from Italian porcella, from Italian porca, from Latin porca, from Esperanto porka, from Esperanto porko — passed , crossed.
semiporțelan (Romanian): semiporcelain
Definitions
- semiporcelain
Ancestry of “semiporțelan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | porțelan | porcelain |
| 2 | German | Porzellan | porcelain |
| 3 | Italian | porcellana | porcelain, china; third-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | porcella | female equivalent of porcello; slut, bitch, goer |
| 5 | Italian | porca | the ridge between two furrows; balk; sow; A... |
| 6 | Latin | porca | sow; the ridge between two furrows; a balk |
| 7 | Esperanto | porka | porcine |
| 8 | Esperanto | porko | pig |
| 9 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |