bacon
English
/ˈbeɪ.kən/
noun
Definitions
- Cured meat from the sides, belly or back of a pig.
- Thin slices of the above in long strips.
- (slang) The police or spies.
- (cycling) road Road rash.
- (military) A saucisse.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bacon (meat from the back and sides of a pig) derived from Frankish *bakō (ham, flitch) derived from Proto-Germanic *bakô derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (bend, curve, bow, turn, break, vault, arch, back, buttocks, smash).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰeg-
Gloss
bend, curve, bow, turn, break, vault, arch, back, buttocks, smash
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Canadian English
- Canadian bacon English
- baconburger English
- baconed English
- baconer English
- baconize English
- baconless English
- baconlike English
- bacony English
- chaw English
- chawbacon English
- pekoni Finnish
- pekonihampurilainen Finnish
- pekonimakkara Finnish
- pekonipizza Finnish
- savupekoni Finnish
- baco Latin
- bacon Italian
- bacon French
- бекон Russian
- beicon Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰ-né-g-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeg- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰogtós Proto-Indo-European
- bacon Norwegian Bokmål
- bacon Portuguese
- *bakô Proto-Germanic
- *baką Proto-Germanic
- *bakō Proto-Germanic
- *bankiz Proto-Germanic
- *bikjaną Proto-Germanic
- bacon Swedish
- ベーコン Japanese
- bekon Polish
- bacon Norwegian Nynorsk
- bæc Old English
- bæcbord Old English
- bæcern Old English
- bacon Middle English
- bak Middle English
- bacon Old French
- beikon Icelandic
- bacorelo Galician
- bacoriño Galician
- bácoro Galician
- เบคอน Thai
- bah Old High German
- bahho Old High German
- բեկանեմ Old Armenian
- бекон Bulgarian
- bache Middle High German
- *bak gmw-pro
- 培根 Chinese
- *bʰaǰ- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- 베이컨 Korean
- *bakō Frankish
- bacon xno