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Where did you think they were coming from?
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Beef, Pork and Mutton are all from French, which was the language of the nobility in England following the Normand invasion. In French they refer to both the animal and the meat.
Cow, Pig, and Sheep are germanic in origin and would've been used by the farmers.
The poor raised the animals and the rich ate them.