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Who made up the word pig?

Updated: 9/22/2023
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The origin of the word is not known, the Old English word is 'picg' which means a young pig. The word for older animals is 'swine'. The word swine comes from a number of Old Continental languages as 'swin' or 'swinan' or 'swijn' or 'schwein' or 'zwijn' all from Old Dutch or Germanic languages

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