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|Achieve | |Achieve | ||
|achever | |achever | ||
| | |achever (venir à bout, accomplir une tâche), xiii century. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Assizes | |Assizes | ||
|assises | |assises | ||
| | |assises, xiii century. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Aunt | |Aunt | ||
|tante | |tante | ||
| | |ante (tante), xii century. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Bargain | |Bargain | ||
|marchander | |marchander | ||
| | |bargaignier (hésiter), xiv century. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Blanket | |Blanket | ||
|couverture | |couverture | ||
| | |blanquette (couverture de drap blanc), xiii century. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Canvas | |Canvas | ||
|toile | |toile | ||
| | |normanno-picard canevas, xi century. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Carrot | |Carrot | ||
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|Catch | |Catch | ||
|attraper | |attraper | ||
| | |former normand cachier and means « chasser », xi century. | ||
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|Chair | |Chair | ||
|chaise | |chaise | ||
| | |chaiere, xiii century. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Closet | |Closet | ||
|placard ou cabinet | |placard ou cabinet | ||
| | |closet (petit enclos), xiv century. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Curtain | |Curtain | ||
|rideau | |rideau | ||
| | |cortine (rideau de lit), xiii century. | ||
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|Custom | |Custom | ||
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|Foreign | |Foreign | ||
|étranger | |étranger | ||
| | |forain, l’étranger, xii century. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Franchise | |Franchise | ||
|franchise | |franchise | ||
| | |franchise, xiii century. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Grape | |Grape | ||
|raisin | |raisin | ||
| | |grape, grappe from raisin, xiii century. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Grief | |Grief |
Revision as of 12:10, 22 April 2020
Here is a List of English words of French origin.
You will find their meaning in French and their origin in the French language.
English word of French origin | Translation in French | French origin: word of origin (meaning in French), century |
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Achieve | achever | achever (venir à bout, accomplir une tâche), xiii century. |
Assizes | assises | assises, xiii century. |
Aunt | tante | ante (tante), xii century. |
Bargain | marchander | bargaignier (hésiter), xiv century. |
Blanket | couverture | blanquette (couverture de drap blanc), xiii century. |
Canvas | toile | normanno-picard canevas, xi century. |
Carrot | carotte | |
Catch | attraper | former normand cachier and means « chasser », xi century. |
Chair | chaise | chaiere, xiii century. |
Closet | placard ou cabinet | closet (petit enclos), xiv century. |
Curtain | rideau | cortine (rideau de lit), xiii century. |
Custom | coutume | custume, xii century. |
Foreign | étranger | forain, l’étranger, xii century. |
Franchise | franchise | franchise, xiii century. |
Grape | raisin | grape, grappe from raisin, xiii century. |
Grief | chagrin | from grief (chagrin), xii century. |
Joust | joute | from joust (fight between between 2 men on a horse), xiii century. |
Marriage | mariage | from mariage (les biens des époux), xiii century. |
Mustard | moutarde | from moustarde (un condiment), xiii century. |
Parliament | parlement | from parlement (conversation), xiii century. |
Pay | payer | from paier (apaiser), xii century. |
Proud | fier | prud (vaillant), xii century. |
Purchase | acheter | from prochacier (chercher à obtenir), xii century. |
Rental | loyer | from rental (soumis à une redevance annuelle), xii century. |
Strive | s’efforcer | from estriver (faire des efforts), xii century. |
Summon | convoquer | from semondre (inviter à faire quelque chose), xiii century. |
Toast | tartine grillée | from the verb toster (« griller, rôtir »), xii century. |
Towel | serviette | from toailler (serviette) xiii century. |
Very | très | from veray (vrai), xii century. |
See also: https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/English/Vocabulary/English-words-of-Arabic-origin