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boar

/bɔː(ɹ)/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
  2. A male pig.
  3. A male boar (sense 1).
  4. A male bear.
  5. A male guinea pig.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English bor, boor, from Old English bār, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

  1. *bair(gmw-pro)→
  2. bār(ang)→
  3. bor(Middle English)→
  4. boar (English)
  5. Relations: inh, inh, inh

Related words

bor(Middle English)bār(ang)*bair(gmw-pro)baedd(Welsh)

Descendant words

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