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.
40% end in divorce after an average of 8 years. 50% are normal first marriages (age 16-35) and end in the death of a partner after an average of 45 years. 10% are later marriages that end in the death of a partner after an average of 20 years. Median length: ~45 years. Composite average length: 27.2 years.