English word veal comes from English egg, Ancient Greek (to 1453) ἔταλον, and later Latin vitulus (A bull calf.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| egg | English (en) | (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 (to 1453) (grc) | |
| egg yolk | English (en) | The yellow central part of a chicken’s (or other bird’s) egg. |
| *ut- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| vitulus | Latin (lat) | A bull calf. |
| vitellus | Latin (lat) | A small calf. The yolk of an egg. |
| veel | Anglo-Norman (xno) | |
| veal | English (en) | The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food. |