Suidae
/suːˈɪdiː/noun
The zoological family comprising pigs, hogs, and closely related suid mammals.
Did you know?Suidae is built from Latin sus, “pig,” combined with -idae, the taxonomic ending used for animal families—a naming system formalized in the nineteenth century.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*suh₂-
“Pig or swine; the reconstructed ancient root behind several Indo-European pig words.”
Ancient Greek
Greek
hûs (ὗς)
“Pig or swine.”
Classical Latin
Latin
sus
“Pig; swine.”
Old English
Old English
swīn
“Swine or pig, from the related Germanic branch of the same Indo-European vocabulary.”
18th Century
Scientific Latin
Suidae
“The pig family, formed from Latin sus with the zoological family suffix -idae.”
Modern English
English
Suidae
“The recognized zoological family containing pigs, hogs, and related species.”