Submitted by ImplementAny4362 t3_103ks9t in dataisbeautiful
CSDragon t1_j30w3wr wrote
Reply to comment by amatulic in How many animals do you eat in your lifetime? by ImplementAny4362
So, yes and no. Linguistically the words "animal" and "meat" are old words, older than the classification of kingdom, phylum, order, etc. And back in the day they referred specifically to land mammals and the flesh thereof. And those definitions of the word are still culturally relevant in some places
qeny1 t1_j32xbr7 wrote
Interestingly, the Old English word "mete" apparently generally referred to food, maybe as a synonym for "fóda". Source https://old-engli.sh/dictionary.php
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