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2. List of English words of French origin - Wikipedia

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   English words of French origin should be distinguished from French words and expressions in English. Although French is mostly derived from Latin, important other word sources are Gaulish and some Germanic languages, especially Old Frankish. Since English is of Germanic origin, words that have entered English from French borrowings of Germanic ...

3. List of English words with dual French and Old English ...

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   Generally, words coming from French often retain a higher register than words of Old English origin, and they are considered by some to be more posh, elaborate, sophisticated, or pretentious. However, there are exceptions: weep , groom and stone (from Old English) occupy a slightly higher register than cry , brush and rock (from French).

4. List of English words of French origin (S–Z) - Wikipedia

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   Glossary of fencing, (predominantly from French). Glossary of ballet (predominantly from French) Lists of English loanwords by country or language of origin; List of English words of Gaulish origin; List of English words of Latin origin; List of English Latinates of Germanic origin; List of English words of Frankish origin; Latin influence in ...

5. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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   "French words within complete sentences, text + audio files". parisbypod.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2008; Mathematical Words: Origins and Sources (John Aldrich, University of Southampton) See Section on Contribution of French.

6. Category:Lists of English words of French origin - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Lists of English words of French origin" ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; ...

7. Foreign-language influences in English - Wikipedia

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   [not verified in body] [4] [page range too broad] English borrowed many words from Old Norse, the North Germanic language of the Vikings, [5] and later from Norman French, the Romance language of the Normans, which descends from Latin. Estimates of native words derived from Old English range up to 33%, [6] with the rest made up of outside ...