Sense file
How the sense moved
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Older meaning
Food in general.
Modern meaning
Animal flesh used as food.
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Meaning trail
Root
food
Not limited to animals.
Older sense
anything edible
A general nourishment term.
Now
animal flesh
Dietary narrowing hardened the word.