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pullet

Meaninga young hen

Common meaning: a young hen

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PU‘beget, produce’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 209, p. 737 · scan
  2. Latinpullus‘a young animal, chick’
  3. Old Frenchpoletesource
  4. Englishpullet‘a young hen’ · today

pull also in: poultry

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin pullus ‘a young animal, chick’.

Roots

  • pullus Latin “a young animal, chick”

Related words

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