In the Middle Ages, people stored money in a “pygg jar,” made of a clay called pygg.
By the eighteenth century in England, the name and shape of the receptacle had evolved to “pig bank”, and from there to piggy bank.
In the Middle Ages, people stored money in a “pygg jar,” made of a clay called pygg.
By the eighteenth century in England, the name and shape of the receptacle had evolved to “pig bank”, and from there to piggy bank.