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.
1 The average age for marriage across the globe has steadily risen since the 1970s, from 21.8 to 24.7 years. 2  A countryâs income has a dramatic impact on the average marriage age. 3  According to Priceonomics, âNordic countries and Western Europe rank among the highest for mean age at marriage at above 30 years. According to Priceonomics, âNordic countries and Western Europe rank among the highest for mean age at marriage at above 30 years. 2  Afghanistan has one of the lowest at 20.2 years.â. 3  Men get married much later than women across the globe.