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.
image caption on average men and women get married five years later in life than their counterparts 20 years ago the average age of brides in northern ireland has risen to 32 while the average for men getting married is now 34 according to new figuresthe details were released by the northern ireland statistics and research agency nisrahe average age of brides in northern ireland has risen to 32 while the average for men getting married is now 34 according to new figures the details were released by the northern ireland statistics and research agency nisra