Where does “poultry” come from?
Poultry comes from Middle English pultrie, from Old French pouleterie, a noun formed from poulet meaning young fowl, ultimately from Latin pullus meaning young animal or young bird.
poultry (English): Domestic fowl raised for food; The meat from a...
Definitions
- Domestic fowl raised for food; The meat from a...
Ancestry of “poultry”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | pultrie | Poultry; A location for the marketing and retail... |
| 2 | Old French | pouleterie | — |
| 3 | Old French | poulet | chicken |
| 4 | Old French | poule | hen |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | pulla | nominative feminine singular of pullus;... |
| 6 | Latin | pullus | A young animal; darling; dark-colored; dusky |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | polHwós | pale, gray |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pelH- | pale, gray |