
English word mutton comes from Proto-Celtic *moltos (Ram, wether.)
*moltos (Proto-Celtic)
Ram, wether.
*multon- (Gaulish)
Sheep.
moltō (Vulgar Latin)
molto (Latin)
(Medieval Latin) wether.
mouton (Old French)
Mutton (meat). Sheep (animal).
mutton (English)
(Cockney rhyming slang) deaf. (obsolete, slang) A prostitute.. (typography, _, slang) Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.. The flesh of sheep used as food.