bacoun

Middle English

Alternative forms

bakoun, bacon, bakon, bacone, bakone, bakyn

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bacoun (uncountable)

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

English: bacon (see there for further descendants)
Scots: baucon

References

“bācǒun (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.

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