Porking
/ˈpɔːrkɪŋ/noun
The present participle of pork, meaning to eat pork or to act in a crude, vulgar, or sexual way in informal use.
Did you know?Pork ultimately comes from Old French porc, from Latin porcus, the same ancient root that also gave English farrow and probably boar-related livestock terms in the broader Indo-European family.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*porko-
“a pig, young pig”
Latin
Latin
porcus
“pig, hog”
Old French
OF
porc
“pig, pork”
Middle English
ME
pork
“the flesh of the pig as food”
Modern English
English
porking
“eating pork or acting in a vulgar or sexual manner”