The specific epithet, tigris, as well as the common name, tiger, come from the Middle English tigre and the Old English tigras (a plural word), both used for the animal. These derive from the Old French tigre, itself a derivative of the Latin word tigris and the Greek word tigris.
â¢ DELMONICO STEAK (noun). The noun DELMONICO STEAK has 1 sense: 1. small steak from the front of the short loin of beef. Familiarity information: DELMONICO STEAK used as a noun is very rare.
Kondor83/iStock/Getty Images. Location of the Cuts. The rib eye and Delmonico steaks are each cut from different areas of the cow, although the areas are in close proximity to each other. The rib eye, as its name suggests, is cut from the rib section of a cow, specifically the Longissimus dorsi muscle.