Gizzard
/ˈɡɪz.əd/noun
A muscular stomach in birds and some other animals that grinds food.
Did you know?Gizzard comes through Middle English from Old French, and its earlier history is uncertain; scholars have suggested links to words for the stomach and even to a sense of something hard or grinding, but no occult meaning is established.
Etymological Timeline
Middle English
EN
giser
“A bird's stomach or gullet”
Old French
FR
gésier
“The stomach or gullet, especially in birds”
Late Latin
LA
giserium
“A stomach or gullet (reconstructed/attested in medieval usage)”
Modern English
EN
gizzard
“The muscular grinding stomach of a bird or similar animal”