On 5/1/05 23:27, in article , "Kay"
wrote:

In article , Sacha
writes
snip 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?

My concise dictionary of English Etymology says that 'porc' is Old French.
I imagine we picked up the word pork between both the Latin and the Norman.
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Sacha
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