Porker
/ˈpɔːr.kər/noun
A pig, especially one raised for meat.
Did you know?Porker is a later English formation from pork, and pork itself entered English through French after the Norman Conquest, when the “meat” word and the “animal” word split apart in everyday speech.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*porkos
“young pig or piglet”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*purgaz
“pig, hog”
Old French
OF
porc
“pig, hog; pork as meat”
Middle English
ME
pork
“pig meat”
Modern English
English
porker
“a pig, especially one raised for meat”