Etymograph

English

turtlemeat

Compound of turtle + meat.

A compound of turtle + meat

Old French tortüe

Middle English tortou

English turtle

Proto-Germanic *matiz ‘food’

Proto-West Germanic *mati ‘food’

Old English mete ‘food’

Middle English mete ‘food’

English meat

Today it means

noun The meat of a turtle.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “turtlemeat”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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