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== Etymology ==

{{see|List of cattle terminology}}

The term ''cattle'' was borrowed from [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman]] {{lang|xno|catel}} (replacing native [[Old English]] terms like {{wikt-lang|en|kine}}, now considered archaic, poetic, or dialectal),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kine |title=kine |website=[[Merriam-Webster]] |access-date=13 October 2024}}</ref> itself from [[Medieval Latin]] {{lang|la|capitale}} 'principal sum of money, capital', itself derived in turn from Latin {{lang|la|caput}} 'head'. ''Cattle'' originally meant movable [[personal property]], especially livestock of any kind, as opposed to [[real property]] (the land, which also included wild or small free-roaming animals such as chickens—they were sold as part of the land).<ref name="OED Cattle">{{Cite OED|cattle, n.|date=13 October 2024}}</ref> The word is a variant of ''[[wikt:chattel|chattel]]'' (a unit of personal property) and closely related to ''[[capital (economics)|capital]]'' in the economic sense.<ref>{{OEtymD|chattel|accessdate=13 October 2024}}</ref><ref name="OED Cattle"/> The word ''cow'' came via [[Anglo-Saxon language|Anglo-Saxon]] {{lang|ang|cū}} (plural {{lang|ang|cȳ}}), from [[Common Indo-European]] {{PIE|''gʷōus''}} ([[genitive]] {{PIE|''gʷowés''}}) 'a bovine animal', cf. {{langx|fa-Latn|gâv}}, {{langx|sa-Latn|go-}}.<ref name="OED cow n1">{{Cite OED|cow, n.1.|date=13 October 2024}}</ref> In older English sources such as the [[King James Version]] of the Bible, ''cattle'' often means livestock, as opposed to ''deer'', which are wild.<ref name="OED Cattle"/>