The term butcher can be traced back to the year 1325, when it was spelled as buccher. Over time, it evolved into various forms such as bocher, buchier, buchere, bochsar, bochour, bochyer, before settling on butcher by the seventeenth century. Its origins can be found in Anglo-French boucher and Old French bochier, which referred to a “slaughterer of goats”. The suffix -ier indicates an occupational role, with the root being the word bouc, meaning “goat”. This word likely has connections to Latin buccus and Frankish bukk, both with similar meanings. Ultimately, it can be linked back to Proto-Indo-European bug, meaning “ram” and related to English buck. The negative connotation of butcher emerged in the early sixteenth century.