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The name comes from the Old English and Old Dutch words for pig.

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"Swine" is a term used to refer to domestic pigs. The word likely comes from an Old English term, "swȳn," which originally meant a pig. It is commonly used in agriculture and animal husbandry to describe pigs.

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