User:Mglovesfun/list of English words of French origin/n-z

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 * , Old French, from Latin natio(n-), compare modern French
 * , Old French
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 * , Anglo-Norman, from Old French , compare modern French
 * , Old French, spelling changed in the 16c. to conform with its Latin etymology , compare modern French
 * or, feminine past participle of to be born
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 * or, feminine past participle of to be born
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 * or, feminine past participle of to be born
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 * or, feminine past participle of to be born
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 * (via Italian), from French
 * , from Old French
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 * , from
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 * , from Old French, compare modern French
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 * (Old French )
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 * , from Middle French,
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 * , compare
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 * , nom de plume
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 * , as in cookery, from Old French, compare modern French
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 * , from (as a contract)
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 * , see proud
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 * , as in cookery, from Old French, compare modern French
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 * (French )
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 * , from ,
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 * , from Old French, compare modern French
 * , from
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 * , from ("remainder, part that is left")
 * ("stone", Old French )
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 * , from Old French, compare modern French
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 * , from ("remainder, part that is left")
 * ("stone", Old French )
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 * , from Old French, compare modern French
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 * , compare
 * (named for Louis IX)
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 * or, from Old French, compare modern French
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 * (Old French )
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 * , from
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 * or [[toot sweet]
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 * or [[toot sweet]
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 * (French, compare )
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 * , from and
 * , from vert de gris, the colour of the copper oxide
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W
Many imported words beginning with "w" in English have cognates in French that start with a "g" or "gu". This is because the English word was not borrowed directly from French or Old French, but from other languages closely related to French, like Norman and Anglo-Norman, where the original "w" sound was preserved (the majority of these words are words of Germanic origin, and stem mainly from either the Frankish language, or other ancient Germanic languages, like Burgundian). In Old French, the initial "w" sound was prefixed by the letter "g" as "gw" and then the "w" sound was later lost. The "w" survives in orthography as "u" in "gu", but only to produce a hard "g" sound.


 * (Cf Old French )
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 * , Old Northern French (compare modern French ), from Frankish
 * , Anglo-Norman, from Old French , , probably from a Scandinavian source
 * , Old Northern French (Old French ), of Germanic origin
 * , Old Northern French, (compare French ), from Frankish
 * , Old Northern French, from Frankish
 * , Old Northern French, (compare French ), from Frankish
 * , Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French , (compare French )
 * , Old Northern French (Old French )
 * , Old Northern French (Old French ), from Frankish
 * , Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French (Old French )
 * , Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French (Old French ), possibly from Gaulish
 * , Old Northern French (Old French )
 * (Old Northern French, Cf Modern French
 * , Old Northern French (compare French ), from a Germanic source
 * , Old Northern French (Old French )
 * , Old Northern French (Old French ), of Germanic origin
 * , Old Northern French (Old French ), from Frankish
 * , from, a French variant of a Native American word
 * , Old Northern French (Old French ), of Germanic origin
 * , Old Northern French (Old French ), from Frankish
 * , from, a French variant of a Native American word

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 * French, from Italian , from Arabic shabbak

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 * French, from Italian
 * French, from Tibetan
 * Old French (compare modern French ), from Arabic
 * French
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 * Old French, from Latin