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.
The differences in age between a female and her romantic partner ranged from less than five to more than 28 years. Partners' ages ranged from eight to 44 years, and the mean and median ages were 16-17 years. Nearly 10% of the partners were 20 or older, and 90% were in their teens. Just 7% of adolescent females had a partner who was younger, mostly by one year (not shown). Partnerships with same-age or younger males were less common among females aged 13 or younger than among older females (16% vs. 28-37%âTable 2).