tocino

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish tocino (“bacon”), from Medieval Latin tuccinum (lardum), "bacon lard", from Latin tuccētum (“pork conserved in brine”), from tucca (“liquid lard”), a word said to be of Celtic origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teuə-, related to Latin turgere. The ending was influenced by the end of cecina.

Noun

tocino

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tosino.

Spanish

Etymology

Medieval Latin tuccinum (lardum), "bacon lard", from Latin tuccētum (“pork conserved in brine”), from tucca (“liquid lard”), a word said to be of Celtic origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teuə-, related to Latin turgere. The ending was influenced by the end of cecina.

Noun

tocino m (plural tocinos)

  1. bacon
  2. salt pork

Derived terms

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