The story
- Old French · derived frompouletier
- Middle English · inherited frompulter
- English todaypoulterer
From earlier poulter (with the addition of -er), from Middle English pulter, from Old French pouletier, from poulet (“fowl”). By surface analysis, poult + -er + -er.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.