bœuf

Inherited from Middle French bœuf, from Old French buef, boef, from Latin bovem (“ox”), from Proto-Italic *gʷōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (compare English cow). The music sense derives from the expression “faire un Bœuf”, after the Parisian cabaret-bar Le Bœuf sur le toit where jam sessions were held.

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cow

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Les médecins de l'époque encouragent la population à

manger
🍽️

du bœuf
🐂

.

Doctors at the time encouraged the population to eat beef.

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