Etymology

beefy

B3E1E1F4Y4

Today it means: Similar to, or tasting like beef. Full definition →

English beef ← Middle English bef ← Anglo-Norman beof
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷṓws
  2. Proto-Italic*gʷōs
  3. Latinbovem
  4. Anglo-Normanbeof
  5. Middle Englishbef
  6. Englishbeef
  7. English todaybeefy

From beef + -y.

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