Selected French Etymologies

FRENCH WORD
poisson

ENGLISH TRANSLATION
fish

ORIGIN
latin - piscis
DATE
1138
pere
father
latin - pater
1080
petit
small
pop latin - pittitus
980
perdre
to lose
latin - perdere
end of 9th century
achever
to achieve
ancient french - a chief
1080
apprendre
to learn
pop latin - apprendere; class. latin - apprehendere
950
aussi
also
pop. latin - alidsic
beginning of 12th century
avis
opinion, mind
latin expression - (misi est) visum
1170
ballet
ballet
italian - balletto
1598
bien
well
latin - bene
10th century
cent
hundred
latin - centum
1080
chat
cat
low latin - cattus
1170
lire
to read
latin - legere
1050
mer
sea
latin - mare
1050
mere
mother
latin - mater
1050
oeufs
eggs
latin - ovum
1119
porte
door
latin - porta
980
tete
head
low familial latin - testa
1050
vie
life
latin - vita
1080
simple
simple
latin - simplex
1120
lit
bed
latin - lectus
1050
ah!
ah!
onamatapiea
1050
aimer
to love, to like
latin - amare
900
chateau
castle
latin - castellum; anc. french - chastel
900
faire
to do, to make
latin - facere
842
gros
big
low latin - grossus
1080
hier
yesterday
latin - heri
1080
jour
day
low latin - diurnum, classical latin - dies
1050
vent
wind
latin - ventus
1080
beau, belle
beautiful
latin - bellus
800
coup
a hit, a blow
pop. latin - colpus
1080
bateau
boat
ancient english - bat and suffix -eau
1180
anglais
english
from Angles, name of people in 6th century England
1138
balle
ball
italian - palla
1534
bebe
baby
english - baby
1793
chant
song
latin - cantus
1100
connaitre
to know
latin - conoscere
1050
donner
to give
latin - donare
842
franglais
mixture of french and english
from the french - francais and the english - anglais
1955
francais
french
from France, low latin - Francia, country of Francs
1080
frais
fresh
germanic - frisk
1080
frere
brother
latin - frater
842
soeur
sister
latin - sorer
1080
grand
big
latin - grandis
880
lundi
monday
pop latin -lunis die, class latin - lunae dies
1119
mardi
tuesday
latin - martis dies
1119
mercredi
wednesday
pop latin - mercoris dies, class latin - mercurii dies
1119
jeudi
thursday
latin - jovis dies
1120
vendredi
friday
latin - veneris dies
1119
samedi
saturday
pop latin - sambatides, hebrew - shabbat
1120

 

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