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English word veal comes from English egg, Ancient Greek (to 1453) ἔταλον, and later Latin vitulus (A bull calf.)
egg (English)
(NZ, pejorative) A foolish or obnoxious person.. (biology, countable) The female primary cell, the ovum.. (countable, uncountable) The egg of a domestic fowl (especially a hen) or its contents, used as food.. (informal) A person, fellow.. (mildly, pejorative, slang, ethnic slur) , (potentially offensive) A person of Caucasian (Western) ancestry, who has a strong desire to learn about and [...]
ἔταλον (Ancient Greek)
egg yolk (English)
The yellow central part of a chicken’s (or other bird’s) egg.
*ut- (Proto-Indo-European)
vitulus (Latin)
A bull calf.
vitellus (Latin)
A small calf. The yolk of an egg.
veel (Anglo-Norman)
veal (English)
The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.