The food/meat words are actually from French because that was what the aristocratic classes would have spoken in England in the late middle ages/early Rennaisan

The food/meat words are actually from French because that was what the aristocratic classes would have spoken in England in the late middle ages/early Rennaisance and they were the people eating the meat for the most part. Beef <- Boeuf Pork <- Porc Poultry <- Poulet Salmon <- Saumon Venison <- Venaison Mutton <- Mouton The latin words are in some cases the root of the French but it's not as clear or consistent.