In article , Sacha
writes
On 5/1/05 17:41, in article , "Kay"
wrote:

In article , Lazarus
Cooke writes
Remember, 'pork', 'beef' and 'mutton' were all foreign words
once. But not any more.

The meat has the name of the animal in the language of the conquering
classes who ate it, while the animal retains the language of the
conquered who grew it.

At least it works for boeuf and mouton, but I'm not sure where pork
comes from - the latin? - is it the modern french that has moved away?

The Latin is porcus = hog or swine, though cooked pork in Italian is maiale.
Alors, revenons a nos moutons......... (old French proverb) ;-)

So did the Normans use 'porcus' or some close derivative? And the modern
French move on from there? Or did we pick up 'pork' independently?

--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"