Etymology

langdebeef

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Today it means: bristly oxtongue, a type of daisy. Full definition →

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The story

  1. French · derived fromlangue“tongue”
  2. English todaylangdebeef

From French langue (“tongue”) + de (“of”) + boeuf (“ox”).

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.