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#TIL that the word "scaffold" arrived in English via the Old French "eschafault" (and various other spellings), which came from the Vulgar Latin "catafalcum," meaning "viewing stage." Most likely, that which was being viewed was an execution. 😳🫤
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"delight"<-- de- + light <--This particular "light" comes from
"delite" (ME) <-- delit & delitier (#OldFrench) <-- dēlectāre (#Latin) <-- de- + laciō (Lat), in which "lacio" <-- *lakjō (#ProtoItalic), meaning "to allure."
At some point, the spelling of "light" ("light") influenced the spelling of "delite," making the #English word seem to share the same origins.
But where the root of "light" means "to shine," the root of "lite" in "delight" means "to entice."
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This has been happening here, and I am similarly enthusiastic. #OldFrench
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#WordOfTheDay: raiment (n.)
c. 1400, "clothes, an article of clothing, vesture" (archaic), shortening of arayment "clothing" (late 14c.), from Anglo-French araiement, from Old French areement, from areer "to array" (see array (v.)).
#Citation: Harper Douglas, “Etymology of raiment,” Online Etymology Dictionary, accessed February 29, 2024, https://www.etymonline.com/word/raiment.
#English #Language #OldFrench #Languages #Word #Words #Etymology #Dictionary #Lexicon #C14th #14thCentury
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As Old English became Middle and eventually Modern English, it took on a lot of influence from French, especially lexically. However, it mostly ends there. The creation of Middle English was far from creolization.
I was thinking about it though, what would an #oldenglish / #oldfrench #creole look like?
Well after studying the grammars, working out how a pidgin might form from immersion, and extrapolating that to a creole, I've developed a few sentences in this new #conlang #project (1/4)