“Why is cow meat called beef?” is the most popular query among the users. And because, really, the chicken is chicken, pig, pork, rabbit – rabbit – all kinds of meat are referred to as quite logical from the point of view of word formation, except beef.
We decided to look into this interesting question. Wherefrom the word “beef” came from, and what does it have in common with cows? Why the beef?
For more details, watch the video below:
Why Do Some Animals Have Different Names When Eaten?