Etymograph

English

pullen

Pullen comes from Middle English poleyn ‘Domesticated fowl’, from Old French polain ‘foal (young horse)’, and ultimately from Late Latin pullāmen.

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpullāmen
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400polain‘foal (young horse)’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500poleyn‘Domesticated fowl’
  4. Englishearliest quotation c. 1620pullen

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpullāmen
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400polain‘foal (young horse)’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500poleyn‘Domesticated fowl’
  4. Englishearliest quotation c. 1620pullen

Earliest quotation: c. 1620, anonymous, Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song: “The palsie plagues my pulses when I prigg yoͬ:…”

Every English word from Late Latin pullāmen

Today it means

noun domestic fowl; poultry

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Late Latin pullāmen / pullen

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