Etymograph

English

guanciale

Guanciale comes from Italian guanciale ‘fatty bacon prepared from the cheeks of a pig’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wengʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wengʰ-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wangô‘cheek’reconstructed
  3. Lombardicmodern*wankjareconstructed
  4. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*guanciareconstructed
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentguancia‘cheek’
  6. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentguanciale‘fatty bacon prepared from the cheeks of a pig’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2026same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wengʰ-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wangô‘cheek’reconstructed
  3. Lombardicmodern*wankjareconstructed
  4. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*guanciareconstructed
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentguancia‘cheek’
  6. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentguanciale‘fatty bacon prepared from the cheeks of a pig’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2026same form

Earliest quotation: 2026, Karen Han & Brian David Gilbert, Insecurity in Security: “I didn't always like Brown. In fact, I was…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wengʰ-

wong

Today it means

noun An Italian dish of fatty bacon prepared from pig cheeks.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wengʰ- / guanciale

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