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Porcher Taylor
Porcher is a French language word meaning "swineherd" (from Old French ''porc''), from which a metonymy, metonymic surname is derived.Reaney, Percy Hide & Wilson, Richard Middlewood. A Dictionary of English Surnames.' (Routledge, 1991), p. 358. Variants of the surname include Le Porcher, Porchier, Porquier, Porquiez, Pourcher, Pourchaire, Porchet, Porchel, Porchat and Pourchet; and also diminutive forms Porcheray, Porcheret, Porcherot and Porcherel. People with the name * Frances Porcher (1853–1935), American writer and journalist *Francis Peyre Porcher, A medical figure from the American Civil War * Frederick Adolphus Porcher (1909–1888), American politician and educator * (1814–1877), German sculptor and painter * (1860–1936), Prussian district administrator * George Du Pré Porcher (c. 1823–1876), English cricketer and barrister * (1753–1824), count of Richebourg, French physician and politician * (1892-1966), French historian * (born 1956), French sociologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-Romance, a descendant of the Latin spoken in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien language, Francien) largely supplanted. It was also substratum (linguistics), influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul and by the Germanic languages, Germanic Frankish language of the post-Roman Franks, Frankish invaders. As a result of French and Belgian colonialism from the 16th century onward, it was introduced to new territories in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, and numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole, were established. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
