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There are some words in Welsh that derive either from Latin or Norman French - 'ffenestr' for example comes from the French word 'fenestre' meaning a window. Capel/chapelle, bwtler/bouteiller, bwletin/bulletin, mistress/meistres, llaeth/lait, llyfr/livre, eglwys/eglise, castell/château (castel), tarw/ taureau, twr (with a ^)/tour, morgais/mortgage, cwfaint/couvent, porth/porte, wyth/huit...........
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Why do English words sound the same as French?
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Welsh words that are the same in french?
pont, fenêtre, chapelle(capel) . I thought the Welsh was 'fenster', but it's certainly from the same root. In Welsh the word is - ffenestr or ffenest (as the last syllable is not often pronounced now). In French 'ê' means that originally an 's' is the following letter - it comes directly from Norman French. Castell (from castel) - eglwys (église).
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what words have the same vowel sound as bin
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Why do English words sound the same as French?
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Welsh words that are the same in french?
pont, fenêtre, chapelle(capel) . I thought the Welsh was 'fenster', but it's certainly from the same root. In Welsh the word is - ffenestr or ffenest (as the last syllable is not often pronounced now). In French 'ê' means that originally an 's' is the following letter - it comes directly from Norman French. Castell (from castel) - eglwys (église).
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You tend to understand a lot of the french vocabulary because most of the words sound the same as English this is called ' direct cognate '.
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How do you say unique in french?
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Do Italian and Welsh come from the same language?
Italian and Welsh are not directly related as they come from different language families. Italian is a Romance language, originating from Latin, while Welsh is a Celtic language, part of the Brythonic branch. They evolved separately from different ancestral languages.
What do you call words that mean the same but are spelled different?
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