English

loineye

From loin + eye.

A compound of loin + eye

Vulgar Latin *lumbea

Old French loigne

Middle English loyne

English loin

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘eye’

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-West Germanic *augā

Old English ēage

Middle English e

English eye

Today it means

noun A cut of meat from the longissimus of a pig.

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