Where does “steak” come from?

steak (French) comes from English steak, from Middle English steike, from Old Norse steik, from Proto-Germanic staikō.

steak (French): steak (of meat or fish)

Definitions

  1. steak (of meat or fish)

Ancestry of “steak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsteakbeefsteak, a slice of beef, broiled or cut for...
2Middle Englishsteike—
3Old Norsesteikroast
4Proto-Germanicstaikō—
Every word from Proto-Germanic staikō →