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Haggis

2 stages from Old French to English.

Today it means a traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal, oats, suet, and spices
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Stage 1 of 2
hachier
Old French · medieval
"to chop finely"
to chop, to hack, describing minced meat and offal mixed with oats
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haggis
Scots/English · 1400s
"a traditional dish of minced offal, oats, and spices"
settled as the Scottish word for the traditional dish of minced offal, oats, and spices
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