The porcupine is certainly not a source of pork, but the word pork and the porc- in the word porcupine both come ultimately from Latin porcus, âpig, hog.â Porcupine was modified from a compound word in Romance languages such as medieval French porc espin, literally, âspiny pig.â (The espin part comes from Latin spina, âthorn, spine.â)
Men are two years older than women in the average relationship, Facebook says. Apparently, the cougar phenomenon is just a blip. Because according to Facebook, when it comes to coupling up, men average about two years older than their female partners internationally.
Results Sample Demographics The womenâs average age at the time of the survey was 34.4 years (range= 23-55), the average age of their partners was 37.2 years (range= 23-59), and the women's age at first birth was 27 (range= 17-40). Thirty-seven women were primiparous, 73 had two children, and 69 had three or more.