| 1 | French | bifteck | beefsteak |
| 2 | English | beefsteak | steak cut from beef cattle; Ellipsis of beefsteak... |
| 3 | English | beef | The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine; A... |
| 4 | Middle English | bef | beef; cow flesh or meat; A bovine or its carcass |
| 5 | Old French | buef | cow |
| 6 | Latin | bōs | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 8 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |