BACON - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
Categories: Cut of pork
📖 Fun Facts About Bacon
- • Bacon was once so prized that in the Middle Ages it was sometimes given as part of a dowry or tax payment.
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Noun
English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)
Meaning 3
Part of speech: Noun
English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
Synonyms
Roger bacon, Sir francis bacon, Viscount st. albans, Bacon, Baron verulam
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "bacon" comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-. It started in Proto-Germanic *bakô. Then it appeared in Frankish *bakō. Later, people used it in Middle English bacoun. Many other languages have similar words:.
- Old High German: bahho
- Alemannic German: Bache
- Old Saxon: baco
- Dutch: bake
- Old English: bæc
🔗 Related Words
back – A related word in the same word family.
pig – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
Each civilization borrowed this word because they encountered the concept through cultural contact.