When you hear 'gizzard' are you hearing English or Latin?

'Gizzard' is a word borrowed from Latin 'gigeria'. The word entered the English language some time around 1565.

gizzard [noun] [1565]

• the muscular enlargement of the alimentary canal of birds that has usually thick muscular walls and a tough horny linin...
• a thickened part of the alimentary canal in some animals (as an insect or an earthworm) that is similar in function to ...
• innards

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Etymology: Alteration of Middle English 'giser' gizzard, liver, from Anglo-French 'gesir, giser' from Latin 'gigeria' (plural) giblets

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