porcine
/ˈpoʊɹ.saɪn/ · adj
Meaning
- Of, pertaining to, or being a pig.
- Similar to a pig.
- Overweight to the extent of resembling a pig; severely obese.
- A porcine animal: a pig, hog, boar, or related wild animal.
Etymology / origin
Etymology tree Old French [Term?]der. Middle French porcinder. Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos Proto-Italic *porkos Latin porcus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin porcīnusder. Middle English porcine English porcine From Middle English porcine, partly from Middle French porcin (from Old French [Term?]) and partly from its etymon, Latin porcīnus, from porcus (“pig”).
- porcīnus(la)→
- porcin(frm)→
- porcine(enm)→
- porcine (English)
- Relations: inh, der, der
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