28 дек. 2021 г. · "Pork" and "Beef" simply come from the Norman / Old French words for "pig" and "cow", respectively, while "pig" and "cow" come from the Anglo-Saxon Old English ...

2 нояб. 2013 г. · I am studying French for the first time and I notice that it seems like English has the similar words for pig meat and cow meat, but not cow ...

12 апр. 2024 г. · Mutton comes from “moutton” (sheep). Poultry comes from poulet (chicken). Pork from porc etc. Porc comes from the Latin porcus which means pig.

12 янв. 2019 г. · The food words are of French origin because the Norman French ruled during the time of Middle English and, being the wealthy ruling class, ate meats.

12 авг. 2018 г. · "Beef" is actually an adaptation for an old word for "cow". Similarly, "pork" is also derived from a word for "pig". Bovine is a word that ...

16 сент. 2022 г. · It's Saxon when it's livestock on the farm being worked on or with, but French when it arrives on the table as fine food.

5 янв. 2020 г. · I considered that it might stem from a historical use of pig intestines for condoms, but I found no evidence for that.

8 июн. 2023 г. · Porcus means pig (really piglet) in Latin. Both French and Spanish come from Latin, so it's not surprising that they would have similar words ...

31 мая 2021 г. · This was from a time when the rich spoke French so called the meat of the animal by its French name and the poor English that farmed the ...

4 окт. 2024 г. · "Pork" comes from the Old French word "porc." Pig has apparently been in English longer and goes back to the Old English "picga." Upvote 2