haggis

Where does the word "haggis" come from? It comes from Old French hachier, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).

Haggis’s story begins in Old French: hachier meant “to chop finely.” Robert Burns's 'Address to a Haggis' (1787) made it Scotland's national dish. It reached English by 1400s as haggis. Settled as the Scottish word for the traditional dish of minced offal, oats, and spices. Today, haggis means a traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal, oats, suet, and spices.

1. Stage 1 · Old French · medieval hachier "to chop finely", Robert Burns's 'Address to a Haggis' (1787) made it Scotland's national dish.
2. Stage 2 · Scots/English · 1400s haggis "a traditional dish of minced offal, oats, and spices", settled as the Scottish word for the traditional dish of minced offal, oats, and spices.