
Meat words
animal | meat | etymology | comment |
---|---|---|---|
pig, swine | pork | porc (Old French), porcus (Latin) | porky (derivation) |
bovine, cow, cattle, buffalo, bison, etc. | beef | boef (Old French) | beefy (derivation) |
calf | veal | ||
buffalo | carabeef | ||
sheep | mutton | mouton (Old French) | |
goat | chevon | ||
deer | venison | venaison (Old French) | |
chicken | chicken | ||
pigeon, dove | squab | usually for young pigeons | |
rabbit, hare | rabbit | ||
human | long pig |
- Beef and pork both have curious derivation adjectives beefy and porky, respectively.