My dictionary says it comes from old English word pigga.
The word "guinea pig" in Japanese is "モルモット" (morumotto).
The word for "pig" in Italian is "maiale".
"Snout" is a word that pertains to a pig's head. It refers to the projecting nose and mouth of a pig or other animal.
The French word for Guinea pig is "cochon d'Inde."
Because pigs are large and eat vocaraciously they easily gained the reputation of being gluttons and thus the term pig out came naturally.
The French phrase for "spiny pig" is porc épineux, which tells me it is the origin of the English word "porcupine".
The origin is obscure, Old English lists 'picg', another Old English word was 'fearh'. The flesh of a pig as food in Latin was 'porcus'
Origin:1375-1425; late ME porcupyne, var. of porcapyne; r. porke despyne < MF porc d'espine thorny pig.
The word 'pig' in this sense is short for 'blind pig'. During prohibition, illegal sales of alcohol took place on two levels, the upper level 'speak easy' where formal attire was the rule, and the lower class 'blind pig' or 'blind tiger', who purported to display an unusual attraction for a fee, that is the 'blind pig', and coincidentally throw in a complimentary drink.
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another word for pig is cerdo
A word for a pig is swine.
The Norwegian word for pig is gris.
The Flemish word for pig is "varken."
pig already is an English word.
lunch joke be with the word pig can as below: Question: What did the pig had for lunch? Answer: guinea pig.
The English word pig actually derives from the PIE base *perk-, meaning "dig, furrow".