Why call pig meat pork?

and cow meat beef? yet lamb is called exactly what it is? weird huh.. maybe not but riddle me that.

Answer #1

The words were derived from older languages (for example, Normandy’s “beouf” and “porc”, and the Latin “porcus” and “bovo”)

Answer #2

what about venison? That sounds nothing like deer…

Answer #3

From the Latin word “vēnor” - hunted.

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