English
forcemeat
Forcemeat comes from English farce ‘to stuff’.
- English1500–presentfarce‘to stuff’
- Englishtodayforcemeat
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentfarce‘to stuff’
- Englishtodayforcemeat
The story
From force + meat, the former element a variant of obsolete farce (‘to stuff’) influenced by force, itself from French farcir (‘to stuff’).
Every English word from English farce
Today it means
noun An emulsion of fat and comminuted meat (which has been subject to puréeing, grinding, sieving, chopping finely) optionally mixed with other flavour carriers and either served up alone or used as a stuffing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English farce / forcemeat