bacoun
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Anglo-Norman bacon, bacun, from Frankish *bakō, from Proto-Germanic *bakô. Compare bak.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bacoun (plural bacouns)
- Cured meat from the back and sides of a pig; bacon.
- Meat from the back and sides of a pig; pork.
- (rare) The corpse of a pig; a dead pig.
Descendants edit
- English: bacon (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: baucon
- → Welsh: bacwn
- Yola: bawkoon, bawcoon, bacoon, bakoon
References edit
- “bācǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.