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The word beef is from the Latin word bōs,
In contrast to cow which is from Middle English cou
Both words have the same Indo-European root gou
After the Norman Conquest
The French-speaking nobles who ruled England naturally used French words
To refer to the meats they were served

Thus, various Anglo-Saxon words were used for the animal
(Such as nēat, or cu for adult females)
By the peasants, but the meat was called boef
[Boef of these nuts]
(Ox), Modern French bœuf, by the French nobles
Who did not often deal with the live animal
When it was served to them

This is one example of the common English dichotomy
Between the words for animals
(With largely Germanic origins)
And their meat
(With Romanic origins)
That is also found in such English word-pairs as pig/pork
Deer/venison
Sheep/mutton
And chicken/poultry
(Also the less common goat/chevon)

Beef is cognate with bovine through the Late Latin bovīnus
The rarely used plural form of beef is beeves
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