Etymology

sirloin

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Today it means: A cut of beef from the lower part of the back, where the last ribs are (called rump in UK English). Full definition →

Middle English surloine ← Old French surlonge
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromsurlonge
  2. Middle English · inherited fromsurloine
  3. English todaysirloin

From Middle English surloine, from Old French surlonge, from sur la longe (literally “above the loin”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.