Porc
/pɔːrk/noun
A French word for pig or pork, and a loanword in English in specialized or historical contexts.
Did you know?English pork and pig come from different historical words, but both ultimately sit in the long shadow of Latin porcus, the old everyday word for a pig.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*porkos
“young pig; piglet”
Latin
LA
porcus
“pig, hog”
Old French
OF
porc
“pig; pork”
Middle English
EN
porc
“pig; pork, especially in Anglo-French usage”
Modern English
EN
porc
“a French borrowing meaning pig or pork in historical or specialized contexts”