English
fleshmeat
Fleshmeat comes from Old English flǣsċmete ‘a type or piece of meat’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150flǣsċmete‘a type or piece of meat’
- Englishearliest quotation 1671fleshmeat
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150flǣsċmete‘a type or piece of meat’
- Englishearliest quotation 1671fleshmeat
Earliest quotation: 1671, Margaret Cavendish, The She-Anchoret: “[…] Fish may be mix’d with Flesh-meat, although all…”
Every English word from Old English flǣsċmete
Today it means
noun The flesh of animals (excluding fish or invertebrates) used or prepared for food.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English flǣsċmete / fleshmeat