porcella

Italian

Etymology

From Latin porcella, from porcellus, from porcus.

Noun

porcella f (plural porcelle, masculine porcello)

piglet (female)
slut, bitch, goer

Anagrams

carpello, procella

Latin

Etymology

Late Latin. Feminine of porcellus.

Noun

porcella f

female piglet

Descendants

Aromanian: purtseauã
Italian: porcella
Romanian: purcea
Spanish: porcela
Venetian: porseła

References

porcella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
porcella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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