Etymology

poultry

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Today it means: Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both). Full definition →

Middle English pultrie ← Old French pouleterie ← Latin pullus
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  1. Latin · derived frompullus“chick”
  2. Old French · derived frompouleterie
  3. Middle English · inherited frompultrie
  4. English todaypoultry

From Middle English pultrie, from Old French pouleterie, from poulet, diminutive of poule (“hen”), from Latin pullus (“chick”). By surface analysis, poult + -ry. For the development of Middle English /u/ to modern /oʊ/, /əʊ/ before /lt/, /ld/, /ln/, compare boult, boulder, colter/coulter, poultice, shoulder, won't.

Words from the same roots

Latinpullus all →

pullus

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