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.
Still, the average perceived ideal age for each gender to have children differs only slightly: 25 for women and 27 for men. The results are based on an Aug. 22-31 Gallup survey, in which 5,100 national adults were asked a number of questions about having children.