Poult

Morpheme

Poult

Type

free base

Denotation

young bird, chick

Etymology

Middle English pult, from pulet, polet; Old French poulet, polette, from poule; Vulgar Latin pulla; Latin pullus

Evidence

nonpoultry, poult, poulter, poulterer, poulteress, poultries, poultry, poultrydom, poultryhouse, poultryist, poultryless, poultrylike, poultryman, poultrywoman, poults

Notes

poult and pullet are doublets

See Also

Pull