bacon

Old French

noun

Definitions

bacon, salted pork, ham, shank (of a pig)

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *bakō (ham, flitch) derived from Proto-Germanic *bakô.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*bakô

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

bacon English
baco Latin
*bʰeg- Proto-Indo-European
*bakô Proto-Germanic
*bakō Proto-Germanic
bacon Middle English
bagún Irish
bacorelo Galician
bacoriño Galician
bácoro Galician
*bakkō Frankish
*bakō Frankish
bacún Middle Irish
bacon xno