[seanhunter]

The food/meat words are actually from French because that was what the aristocratic classes would have spoken in England in the late middle ages/early Rennaisance and they were the people eating the meat for the most part.

Beef <- Boeuf

Pork <- Porc

Poultry <- Poulet

Salmon <- Saumon

Venison <- Venaison

Mutton <- Mouton

The latin words are in some cases the root of the French but it's not as clear or consistent.