It comes from the French "vinaigre", which is the two words "vin" (wine) and "aigre" (sour) put together.
The preferred vinegar for French dressing is naturally aged red wine vinegar. Most vinegars are now aged industrially artificially in just a few hours instead of a few weeks, so they taste more like acetic acid than real vinegar.
Growing your own vinegar with a "mother" of vinegar is a fantastic experience to comprehend that French meaning...
The etymology of the word consorts comes from 15th century French. The basic meaning of the word is partner. The word can be used to include colleagues and wife.
It comes from a Latin word 'redemptionem' meaning to redeem. Adopted into early French as 'raenson' and into English in the 13th Century as 'ransom'
Sabotage is a French word. I guess it comes from there...
The name Amy means "to love", and is originally from France. The name Amy comes from the French word "aime", which means "to love", and therefore, the name Amy means to love, and is French.
The word "crochet" originated from the French word meaning "to hook."
The word "vinegar" is from Old French. It comes from a word meaning "wine." Please see the related link below.
Vinegar (vin aigre = sour wine)
it comes from the latin word vineraes It comes from the Latin word VINUM meaning wine and AIGRE, meaning sour.
It comes from the French word équitable, which in turn comes from the French équité, meaning "equity".
détente
You may be thinking of 'curt', which is used to describe a short and abrupt way of speaking. It derives from the French 'court'.
"environment" comes from French "environnement", which is based on the same root as "environ" meaning "whereabout", "around", "surroundings."
From the late 18th century 'praerie' and from Latin 'pratum' meaning 'meadow
It comes from the Old French word "gorgias", meaning "beautiful".
Darrell comes from the french word for "darling".
to undertake
It is French in origin it meas to shelter.