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Where does “porquería” come from?

porquería (Spanish) comes from Spanish puerco, from Old Spanish puerco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic porkos, from Proto-Indo-European pórḱos, from Proto-Indo-European perḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

porquería (Spanish): crap, trash, filth, junk, rubbish; nonsense

Definitions

  1. crap, trash, filth, junk, rubbish; nonsense

Ancestry of “porquería”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpuercopig; pork; police officer; "pig"
2Old Spanishpuerco—
3Latinporcusa piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for...
4Proto-Italicporkospig
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpórḱospiglet
6Proto-Indo-Europeanperḱ-colored; motley; to open, rip up
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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