The story
- French · borrowed fromfilet“fillet”
- English todayfilet mignon
Unadapted borrowing from French filet (“fillet”) mignon (“tender”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
filet mignon
Today it means: A steak cut of beef taken from the tenderloin, or psoas major, of the steer or heifer. Full definition →
French filet