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The word "isle" comes from the Old French word "isle" which originated from the Latin word "insula" meaning island.
It derives from an old French word meaning 'head' and earlier from Latin 'caput' having the same meaning
The word "foyer" originates from French. It is derived from the Old French word "foyer", meaning "fireplace" or "hearth".
The word "vinegar" originated from the Old French word "vyn egre," which means "sour wine." It has roots in Latin, with "vinum" meaning "wine" and "acer" meaning "sour."
The word "safety" originated from the Old French word "saufte," which derived from the Latin word "salvus," meaning "free from harm."
everday language
The word "romance" comes from the Old French word "romans," which referred to tales of chivalry and adventure written in the Romance languages (such as French, Italian, and Spanish). These stories often featured themes of love, heroism, and grand adventures, which influenced the modern meaning of romance as a genre of fiction centered around love.
everday language
It comes from an old French word verdoyant, meaning "growing". That word is related to modern Romance-language words referring to the color green.
Headstrong, in Old French, is "testu."
The French word is 'estincelle' meaning tinsel
Capon is an old adjective meaning "coward" in French.
The word deriving from the French hotel, and then from the Old French hostel, meaning "a lodging".
It is from an old French word 'desport' meaning 'pastime or recreation'
It came from an Old French word meaning mask.
Same as American 'privvy'.
From an old French word 'Palissada' meaning a stake or paling. There is an earlier Latin word 'Palus' meaning a stake