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List of English words with dual French and Old English variations

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35:(such as "beef," a prepared food). In contrast, common unfinished equivalents continued to use the native English term (such as "cow," a living animal). This replacement can be explained by the fact that meat was an expensive product at the time and that the lord and nobleman of Norman origin were eating it more often than the commoners, who were raising the livestock. This duality is also mirrored in French, where "beef" is 3449: 3140: 2967: 3084: 3093: 3509: 2982: 3548: 3553: 3351: 3454: 3396: 3466: 3242: 3191: 3077: 93:(from French). Words taken directly from Latin and Ancient Greek are generally perceived as colder, more technical, and more medical or scientific – compare 69:
than words of Old English origin, and they are considered by some to be more posh, elaborate, sophisticated, or pretentious. However, there are exceptions:
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Usage persists to a greater degree in "Ruthless" and to a lesser degree "Ruthful".
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Survives with a changed meaning, today meaning a short record or explanation.
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but in other cases, such as calf/veal, they come from distinct PIE roots.
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Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Volume 34
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List of English words with dual Old English/Old French variations
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list of English words with dual French and Old English variations
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wordstock, and were eventually passed into the modern language.
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lists various English words with redundant loanwords. After the
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with the meaning of physician. The former is still used today.
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Today found mostly in "Reaver", meaning robber or highwayman.
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Lists of English loanwords by country or language of origin
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Generally, words coming from French often retain a higher
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Glim was an 18th century back-formation from "Glimmer",
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List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English
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Birch 1031:wish, will, yearning, longing, want (verb) 3326: 3085: 3071: 3063: 2136: 456: 27:in 1066 many of the more refined English ( 2133:Words now obsolete, archaic or dialectal: 3549:Lists of English words of foreign origin 117: 3554:Lists of English words of French origin 3006:Stephan Gramley, Kurt-Michael Pätzold, 2999: 2145: 465: 3049: 3047: 3045: 3043: 3028: 3026: 3024: 3022: 3020: 3018: 2973:List of English words of French origin 2425:Survives in many place names, such as 105:– a modern coinage from Greek roots). 2146:Obsolete, archaic or dialectal words 7: 3141:Indigenous languages of the Americas 14: 2978:Changes to Old English vocabulary 3094:English words of foreign origin 2544:and doesn't predate "Candle". 1221:wholesome, healthy, healthful 1: 2988:Linguistic purism in English 54:, as in cow/beef, both from 3450:with Anglo-Saxon variations 2576:small bloodsucking creature 1575:outspoken, straightforward 3570: 3008:A survey of modern English 2140:Old English origin words 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invasion of England
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etymological twins
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