Where does “meat” come from?
Meat comes from Middle English mete, from Old English mete, from Latin meta, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d-.
meat (English): The flesh of an animal used as food; A type of...
Definitions
- The flesh of an animal used as food; A type of...
Ancestry of “meat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | mete | Food, nourishment or comestibles; that which is... |
| 2 | Middle English | bake mete | Any kind of cooked food which has a pastry... |
| 3 | Middle English | baken | To bake; to cook in an oven; usually used of... |
| 4 | Old English | bacan | to bake |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | bakan | to bake |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |
Words derived from “meat”