Middle English edit

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Etymology edit

From Anglo-Norman bacon, bacun, from Frankish *bakō, from Proto-Germanic *bakô. Compare bak.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /baːˈkuːn/, /ˈbaːkun/, /ˈbaːkən/

Noun edit

bacoun (plural bacouns)

  1. Cured meat from the back and sides of a pig; bacon.
  2. Meat from the back and sides of a pig; pork.
  3. (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

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