farrow.
A litter of piglets.
Meaning & usage
A litter of piglets.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos Proto-Germanic *farhaz Proto-West Germanic *farh Old English fearh Middle English *farow English farrow From Middle English *farow, *fargh (found only in the plural faren), from Old English fearh (“piglet”), from Proto-West Germanic *farh, from Proto-Germanic *farhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos, from *perḱ- (“to dig”). See also Old High German farah, Middle Irish orc (“piglet”), Latin porcus, Proto-Slavic *porsę (“pig, piglet”), Lithuanian par̃šas, Avestan: 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (pər^əsa). Doublet of pork.
To give birth to (a litter of piglets).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English farwen, from the noun.
Not pregnant; not producing young (not calving) in a given season or year; barren.
Where this word comes from
Cognate with Old English fearr (“bull”).
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