List of English words of French origin (A–C) explained

See main article: List of English words of French origin. A great number of words of French origin have entered the English language to the extent that many Latin words have come to the English language.

A

• abaisse
• abandon
• abandonment
• abase (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: abaissier)
• abash (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: esbaïr)
• abate (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: abatre, compare modern Fr. French: abattre)
• abatement (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: abatement, compare modern Fr. French: abattement)
• abatis
  • abattoir
• abbatial
• abbe
• abbess
• abbey (Anglo Fr. abbeie, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: abaïe, compare modern Fr. French: abbaye)
• abbreviation, (Fr. Latin: abréviation)
• abdication
• abet (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: abeter)
• abeyance (Anglo Fr. abeiance, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: abeance)
• abhor (Fr. Latin: abhorrer)
• ability (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: ableté, compare modern Fr. French: habileté with restoration of initial h of Latin Latin: habilitas)
• abject
• abjection
• abjuration
• abjure (Fr. Latin: abjurer)
• ablation (Fr. Latin: ablation)
• ablative
• able, from Old French, compare modern Fr. French: habile or French: capable
• ablution
• abnormal compare French: anormal
• aboard (Middle Fr. French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: à bord)
• abolish, compare French: abolir
• abolition
• abominable
• abomination
• abound
• abrasion
• abrasive, Fr. Latin: abrasif, French: abrasive(fem.)
• abridge, Fr. Latin: abréger
• abrogation
• abrupt
• absence
• absent
• absinthe
• absolute, from Middle French, compare modern Fr. French: absolu
• absolution
• absorb (Fr. Latin: absorber)
• abstain (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: abstenir)
• abstention
• abstinence
• abstinent
• absurd
• absurdity (Fr. Latin: absurdité)
• abundance (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: abundance, modern Fr. French: abondance)
• abundant
• abuse (Fr. Latin: abuser)
• abusive (Fr. Latin: abusif, abusive(fem.))
• abut (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: abouter)
• abysmal (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: abisme)
• academy, compare French: académie, from anc. Greek
• Acadia (Fr. Latin: Acadie)
• acceleration (Fr. Latin: accélération)
• accent (Fr. Latin: accent)
• accept (Fr. Latin: accepter)
• acceptable
• acceptance
• access (Fr. Latin: accès)
• accessible
• accession
• accident
• acclamation
• acclimate (Fr. Latin: acclimater)
• accolade
• accommodation
• accompaniment (Fr. Latin: accompagnement)
• accompany (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: acompaignier, modern Fr. French: accompagner)
• accomplice (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: complice)
• accomplish (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: acomplir, modern Fr. French: accomplir)
• accord
• accordance (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: accordance)
• accost
• accoucheur
• account (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: acont)
• accountant (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: acuntant)
• accoutre or accouter
• accoutrements
• accredit
• accreditation
• accrue
• accumulation
• accusation
• accusative (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: accusatif)
• accuse
• accustom (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: acostumer, modern Fr. French: accoutumer)
• ace, (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: as)
• acephalous, (Fr. Latin: acéphale)
• acerbity, (Middle Fr. French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: acerbité)
• acetic, (Fr. Latin: acétique)
• acetylene, (Fr. Latin: acétylène)
• achieve, (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: achever)
• achievement, (Fr. Latin: achèvement)
• acid, (Fr. Latin: acide)
• aconite, (Fr. Latin: aconit)
• acoustic, (Fr. Latin: acoustique)
• acquaint, (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: acointier)
• acquaintance, (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: acointance)
• acquiesce, (Middle Fr. French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: acquiescer)
• acquiescence, (Middle Fr. French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: acquiescence)
• acquire, (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: aquerre)
• acquisition
• acquit (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: acquitter)
• acrimonious (Fr. Latin: acrimonieux)
• acrimony (Fr. Latin: acrimonie)
• acrobat (Fr. Latin: acrobate)
• acrobatic (Fr. Latin: acrobatique)
• acromegaly (Fr. Latin: acromégalie)
• across (Anglo Fr. an cros)
• act (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: acte)
• action
• activity, (Middle French French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: activité)
• actual, (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: actuel)
• acuity, (Middle French French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: acuité)
• adage
• adapt, (Middle French French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: adapter)
• adaptation
• addition
• address
• adhere
• adherence
• adhesion
• adhesive, compare French: adhésif or feminine form French: adhésive
• adieu, which literally means "to God" (French: à Dieu), farewell
• adjective, compare French: adjectif
• adjoin
• adjourn (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: ajourner)
• adjudge (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: ajugier, compare modern French French: adjuger)
• adjust (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: ajoster, compare modern French French: ajuster)
• administer (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: aministrer, compare modern French French: administrer)
• administration
• admirable
• admiral (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: amiral)
• admiration
• admire
• admissible
• admission
• admonish (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: amonester, compare modern French French: admonester)
• admonition
• adolescence
• adolescent
• adopt
• adoption
• adorable
• adoration
• adore
• adorn (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: aourner)
• adornment (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: aournement)
• adroit
• adulation
• adultery (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: avoutrie or French: aoulterie, compare modern Fr. French: adultère)
• advance (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: avancer)
• advancement (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: avancement)
• advantage (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: avantage)
• advantageous
• adventure, (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: auenture, compare modern Fr. French: aventure)
• adventurous, (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: aventuros, compare modern Fr. French: aventureux)
• adversary, (Anglo French adverser, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: adversier, compare modern Fr. French: adversaire)
• adverse (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: avers, compare modern Fr. French: adverse)
• adversity (Anglo French aduersite, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: aversite, compare modern Fr. French: adversité)
• advertisement, (French French: avertissement [warning])
• advice, (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: avis [opinion])
• advise, (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: aviser [give one's opinion])
• advocacy, (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: advocacie)
• advocate (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: avocat [attorney or lawyer])
• aerobic (French French: aérobie)
• aerodynamics (French French: aérodynamique)
• aeronautics (French French: aéronautique)
• aeroplane (French French: aéroplane)
• affability (French French: affabilité)
• affable
• affair, (Anglo-Norman afere, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: afaire or French, Old (842-ca.1400);: à faire, compare modern Fr. French: affaire)
• affection
• affiance (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: afiancer)
• affiliation
• affinity, (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: afinité, compare modern Fr. French: affinité)
• affirm, (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: afermer, compare modern Fr. French: affirmer)
• affirmation
• affirmative
• affix (Middle French French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: affixer, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: afichier, compare modern Fr. French: afficher)
• afflict
• affliction
• affluence
• affluent
• affront
• afraid p.p. of afray (Anglo French afrayer, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: esfreer, compare modern Fr. French: effrayer)
• agate
• age
• agent provocateur
• aggrandisement Fr. French: agrandissement
• aggravation
• aggression, compare French: agression
• aggrieve, (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: agrever, compare modern Fr. French: aggraver)
• agile
• agility
• à gogo, or a-go-go, in abundance
• agrarian
• agree (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: agreer, compare modern Fr. French: agréer ["to accept" or "to please"])
• agreeable, compare modern Fr. French: agréable
• agreeance (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: agreance)
• agreement (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: agreement, compare modern Fr. French: agrément [authorization or amenity])
• agronomy
• ague
• aid (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: aide)
• aide-de-camp
• aide-mémoire
• aileron
• aim (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: esmar)
• air
• aisle
• à la, in the style of...
• alabaster, from Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: alabastre (>Latin> Greek> Ancient Egyptian)
• à la carte
• à la mode
• alamode
• alarm
• alas, from Old French phrase French, Old (842-ca.1400);: "ha, las!", compare modern Fr. French: hélas
• alchemist
• alchemy
• alcove
• alembic Middle Fr. French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: alambic, from Arabic
• alert
• algorithm
• alien (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: alien)
• alienation (Middle Fr. French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: alienation)
• align, (Middle Fr. French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: aligner)
• alignment, (French French: alignement)
• allegation
• allege
• allegiance (Anglo French legaunce, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: legeance, compare modern Fr. French: allégeance)
• allegorical
• allegory
• allemande
• alley compare French: allée
• alliance
• allocation
• allot (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: aloter)
• allotment Fr. French: alotement
• allow (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: alouer)
• allowable (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: alouable)
• allowance (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: alouance)
• alloy (Anglo Fr. alai, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: aleier)
• allude
• allure
• ally (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: alier)
• almond, (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: almande, compare modern Fr. French: amande)
• almoner (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: almosnier, compare modern Fr. French: aumônier)
• alter
• alteration
• altruism
• altruistic
• alum
• amass
• amateur
• ambassador
• amber
• ambergris
• ambiance
• ambience
• ambiguity
• ambiguous
• ambition
• amble (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: ambler)
• ambulance
• ambuscade
• ambush (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: embuscher)
• amelioration
• amenable
• amend
• amendment
• amends
• amenity
• amerce
• amethyst
• ami
• amiable
• amity
• ammonite
• ammunition, from French: munition
• amnesty, compare French: amnistie
• amorous, from Old French, compare modern Fr. French: amoureux
• amortise
• amount
• amour
• amour-propre
• ampere
• ample
• amplify
• amplitude
• ampoule
• ampul
• amulet (Middle Fr. French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: amulette)
• amuse
• amusement
• anagram
• analogue
• analyse
• analyst
• anatomy
• ancestor (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: ancestre, compare modern Fr. French: ancêtre)
• ancestral
• ancestry
• ancien regime
• ancient
• andiron (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: andier)
• andouille
• anecdote
• angel (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: angel)
• angelic
• angle
• anguish (from Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: anguisse, now French: angoisse)
• anime Fr. French: animé
• animosity
• anise (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: anis)
• anisette
• annals (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: annales)
• annelid
• annex, (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: annexer)
• annihilation
• announce
• announcement
• annoy, from Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: anoier, modern Fr. French: ennuyer
• annoyance
• annual (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: annuel)
• annuity (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: annuité)
• annul (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: annuler)
• annunciation (Fr. French: annonciation)
• anoint (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: enoint, p.p. of French, Old (842-ca.1400);: enoindre, compare modern Fr. French: oindre)
• anomy
• anonym (Fr. French: anonyme)
• antecedent, compare French: antécédent
• antechamber, compare French: antichambre
• antelope, (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: antelop, compare modern Fr. French: antilope)
• anther, compare French: anthère
• antibiotic, Fr. French: antibiotique
• antigen, Fr. French: antigène
• antique
• antiquity (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: antiquitet, compare modern Fr. French: antiquité)
• antler (Anglo-Fr. auntiler, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: antoillier, modern Fr. French: andouiller)
• anus (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: anus)
• apart (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: à part)
• apartment, Fr. French: appartement
• apathy
• apercu, Fr. French: aperçu
• aperitif, Fr. French: apéritif
• aphorism
• aplomb
• apologetic
• apologist
• apologue
• apoplectic
• aporetic
• apostille
• apostle (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: apostle, compare modern Fr. French: apôtre)
• apostrophe
• apothecary (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: apotecaire, compare modern Fr. French: apothicaire)
• appall (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: apalir, compare modern Fr. French: pâlir)
• appanage (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: apanage)
• apparel, (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: apareillier, compare modern Fr. French: appareil)
• apparent
• apparition
• appeal
• appear
• appearance
• appease
• appeasement
• appellant
• appellation
• appellee
• apperception
• appertain
• appetence
• appetite
• application
• applique
• apply (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: aplier, compare modern Fr. French: appliquer [to implement])
• appoint
• appointee
• appointment
• apportion
• appose
• appraise
• appreciable
• appreciation
• apprehend
• apprise
• approach
• approbation
• appropre
• approvance
• approve
• appurtenance
• appurtenant
• apricot (Fr. French: abricot, from Port. Portuguese: albricoque, from Arabic)
• apron (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: naperon)
• après-ski
• apropos (Fr. French: à propos)
• aquarelle
• aquatic
• aqueous
• arabesque
• arable
• arachnid
• arbalest
• arbitrage
• arbitration
• arbitrator
• arbiter
• arbor
• arbour
• arc
• arcade
• arch
• archaic
• archduke
• archeology
• archer
• archery
• archetype
• architect
• architecture
• archives
• arctic
• ardent
• ardour
• are
• arête
• argent (Fr. French: argent)
• argot
• argue, (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: arguer)
• argument
• argumentation
• aridity
• aristocracy
• aristocrat
• aristocratic
• arithmetic
• arm [weapon] (Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: arme)
• armagnac
• armament
• armature
• armistice
• armoire
• armorer
• armour
• army
• aromatherapy
• aromatic
• arraign
• arraignment
• arrange
• arrangement
• arras
• array
• arrearage
• arrears
• arrest, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: arester
• arrive
• arriviste
• arrogance
• arrogant
• arrondissement
• arsenal
• arsenic
• arson
• art
• art brut
• art deco
• art nouveau
• arterial
• artery
• artesian
• article
• articulation
• artifice
• artificial
• artillery
• artisan
• artist
• artiste
• artistic
• asbestos (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: abeste)
• ascendant
• ascertain
• ascribe (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: ascrivre)
• ashlar (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: aiseler)
• asine
• askance (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: à escone)
• asp (Middle Fr. French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: aspe, modern Fr. French: vipère aspic)
• asperity
• aspic
• aspirant
• aspire
• assail
• assailant
• assassin (Fr. French: assassin, from Arabic [hashish users])
• assault
• assay
• assemblage
• assemble
• assembly
• assent
• assertion
• assess (Anglo Fr. assesser)
• assessor (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: assessour, compare modern Fr. French: assesseur)
• assets (Anglo Fr. asetz, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: assez [enough])
• assign
• assignation
• assignee
• assignment
• assist
• assistance
• assistant
• assize
• assonance
• assort
• assuage
• assume
• assurance
• assure
• astonish
• astray
• astrolabe
• astronomy
• atavism
• atelier
• atheism
• atheist
• attach
• attaché
• attachment
• attack
• attain
• attainder
• attainment
• attempt
• attend
• attendance
• attendant
• attentive
• attest
• attestation
• attire
• attitude
• attorn
• attorney (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: atorné [appointed] p.p. of French, Old (842-ca.1400);: aturner)
• attraction
• attractive
• attribution
• aubade
• aubain
• aubergine
• auburn
• au courant
• audible
• audience
• audition
• auditor
• au fait
• augment
• augmentation
• augmentative
• au naturel
• au pair
• aunt (Anglo Fr. aunte, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: ante, compare modern Fr. French: tante)
• aureole
• auspices
• austerity
• auteur
• authentic
• author (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: auctor, compare modern Fr. French: auteur)
• authorise
• authority
• autoclave
• autocracy
• autocrat
• autocratic
• automobile
• autumn
• avail
• avalanche
• avant
• avant-garde
• avarice
• avaricious
• avaunt
• avenge
• avenue
• aver
• average
• averment
• avert
• aviation (Fr. French: aviation)
• aviator
• avid (Fr. French: avide)
• avidity
• avocet
• avoid (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: evuider)
• avoirdupois
• avouch
• avow (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: aveu)
• await (Anglo Fr. awaitier, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: agaitier)
• award (Anglo Fr. awarder, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: esguarder)
• axiom (Fr. French: axiome)
• aye-aye
• azimuth (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: azimut, from Arabic)
• azure (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: azur, from Arabic, from Persian)

B

• baba au rhum
• baboon (Fr. French: [[Wikt:babouin|babouin]])
• babouche (Fr. French: babouche, from Arabic, from Persian)
• baccarat
• bachelor (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: bacheler)
• bacon (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: bacon)
• bacteriophage (Fr. French: bactériophage)
• badinage
• bagatelle
• baggage, (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: bagage)
• baguette (Fr. French: baguette, from Italian Italian: bacchetta)^[1]
• bail (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: baillier)
• bailey
• bailiff
• baize
• balance
• baldric (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: baldre, compare modern Fr. French: baudrier)
• bale (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: bale, from Germanic)
• baleen
• ball [dancing party] (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: baller)
• ballad (Fr. French: ballade, from Old Provençal ballada)
• ballet (Fr. French: ballet, from Italian Italian: balletto)
• ballon
• balloon (Fr. French: ballon)
• balm (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: basme, compare modern Fr. French: baume)
• baluster (Fr. French: balustre, from Italian Italian: balaustro)
• balustrade (Fr. French: balustrade, from Italian Italian: balaustrata)
• banal
• banality
• band, (Middle Fr. French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: bande)
• bandage
• bandeau
• bandolier
• bandy
• banish (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: banir, from Frankish *bannjan)
• bank (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: banque, from Old Italian Italian: banca, from Germanic)
• banner
• banquet
• banquette
• baptise (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: batisier)
• baptism (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: batesme or French, Old (842-ca.1400);: bapteme, compare modern Fr. French: baptême)
• bar (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: barre)
• barb (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: barbe)
• bargain (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: bargaignier)
• barge
• bark [small ship] (Middle Fr. French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: barque)
• baron (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: baron, from Frankish baro)
• baroness
• baroque
• barque
• barracks
• barrage
• barratry
• barre
• barrel (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: baril)
• barren, (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: baraigne)
• barret
• barrette
• barricade
• barrier
• barter (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: barater)
• base
• basil
• basin
• basket
• bas-relief
• basset (hound)
• bassinet
• bassoon
• bastard
• baste [sew] (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: bastir)
• bastion
• bate (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: batre, compare modern Fr. French: battre)
• bathyscaphe
• baton
• battalion (Middle Fr. French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: bataillon, from Italian Italian: battaglione)
• batten (Fr. French: baton)
• batter
• battery
• battle (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: bataille)
• battlement
• bauble
• baud
• bauxite
• bay, compare French: baie
• bayonet, compare French: baïonnette
• beagle (Fr. French: bagle)
• beak, (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: bec)
• Béarnaise, a type of sauce, named after a region in France (Béarn)
• beast (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: beste, compare modern Fr. French: bête)
• beatification
• beatitude
• beau, a lover or a dandy
• beau idéal
• beau monde
• beauty (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: beauté)
• beaux arts, fine arts
• bec de corbin
• bechamel
• beef (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: buef, compare modern Fr. French: [[Wikt:boeuf|boeuf]])
• beef bourguignon
• beggar (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: begart)
• begonia
• beige
• beignet
• beldame
• belfry
• belle
• belles-lettres
• benefice (Fr. French: bénéfice)
• beneficial
• benefit (Anglo-Fr. benfet, compare modern Fr. French: [[Wikt:bienfait|bienfait]])
• benevolent
• benign
• benignity
• benison
• benzoin
• berate
• berceuse
• beret, compare French: béret
• bergamot
• berline
• berm (Fr. French: berme, from Old Dutch baerm)
• beryl (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: beryl, from anc. Greek, from Sanskrit)
• bestial
• bête noire
• betray
• bevel
• beverage (Anglo-Fr. beverage, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: boivre [to drink], compare modern Fr. French: [[Wikt:breuvage]])
• bevy
• bezant
• bezel
• bezique
• bias
• bibelot
• bibliophile
• bice (short form of Fr. French: bleu bis [brownish-grey blue])
• bicycle, compare French: bicyclette > French: vélo
• bidet
• bigamy
• bigot
• bigotry
• bijou
• bikini
• bile
• bilge
• biliary
• bilious
• billet
• billet-doux, a love letter
• billiards Fr. French: billiard, dim. of Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: bille [stick of wood], from Gaulish *bilia [tree]
• billion
• binocular
• biopsy
• biscuit
• bison
• bisque
• bistro
• bittern
• bituminous
• bivouac
• bizarre
• blame
• blanch
• blancmange
• blandish
• blank (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: blanc)
• blanket, from Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: blanchet (originally "a white cloth")
• blasé
• blaspheme
• blasphemy
• blazon
• blemish
• bleu cheese
• blister
• bloc
• block
• blond
• blonde
• blouse
• bludgeon
• blue Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: blo, from Frankish *blao
• bobbin
• boil (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: boilir)
• Boise
• boisterous
• bomb
• bombard (Fr. "bombarde")
• bombardier
• bombast
• bombazine
• bombe
• bon appétit
• bonbon
• bonhomie
• bon mot
• bonnet, from Old French, compare modern Fr. French: bonnet
• bonny
• bon ton
• bon viveur the French use French: bon vivant instead
• bon voyage
• boot
• booty
• borage
• borax
• Bordeaux wine
• bordello
• border
• botanic
• botany
• bottle
• bouche
• boudoir
• bouffant
• bougainvillea
• bougie
• bouillabaisse
• bouillon
• boule
• boulevard
• boulevardier
• bound (v.) Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: bondir
• bound (n.) Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: bonde
• boundary
• bounty
• bouquet
• bourbon whiskey
• bourdon
• bourgeois
• bourgeoisie
• bourn
• bourse
• boutique
• boutonniere
• bowel
• bowls
• brace
• bracelet
• brach
• bracket
• braggart
• brail
• Braille
• braise
• bran, from Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: bran or French, Old (842-ca.1400);: bren
• branch
• brandish, compare French: brandir
• brasserie
• brassiere, compare French: [[Wikt:brassière|brassière]], although the modern French for this is French: [[Wikt:soutien-gorge]]
• brave
• bravery
• brawn
• bray
• braze
• brazier
• bream
• brevet
• bribe
• bric-a-brac
• brick
• bricolage
• Brie cheese
• brigade
• brigadier
• brigand
• brigantine
• brilliant, compare French: brillant
• brioche
• briquette
• Britain Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: Bretaigne, from Latin Latin: Britannia
• Briton Anglo-Fr. Bretun, from Latin Latin: Brittonem
• Brittany Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: Bretaigne, from Latin Latin: Britannia
• broach
• brochure, Fr. French: brochure, from French: brocher - to stitch
• broderie anglaise, a type of embroidery
• broil
• broker
• bromine
• bronze
• brooch
• brose
• brouhaha
• browse
• Bruce (Norman name)
• bruise Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: bruisier
• bruit
• brulee
• brume
• brunet
• brunette
• brush
• brusque
• brut
• brute
• buccaneer Fr. French: boucanier
• bucket
• buckle, compare French: boucle
• buckler
• buckram
• budge
• budget, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: bougette (a little purse)
• buff
• buffer
• buffet
• buffoon
• bugle
• bulb
• bulge
• bullet, from French: boulette, although the modern French for this is French: balle
• bulletin
• bullion
• bun
• burden compare French: bourdon
• bureau
• bureaucracy
• bureaucrat
• burette
• burgeon
• burgess
• burglar
• Burgundy wine, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: Burgondie, now French: Bourgogne
• burin
• burlesque
• burnish
• bushel
• busk
• busker
• buskin
• bustard
• bustier
• butcher
• butchery
• butler
• butt
• butte
• buttery
• button, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: boton, compare modern Fr. French: bouton
• buttress
• buzzard

C

• cabal, compare French: cabale
• cabaret
• cabbage, Middle Fr. French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: caboche "head"
• cabernet
• cabin
• cabinet
• cable
• cabochon
• cabotage
• cabriolet
• cache, compare French: cacher
• cache-sexe
• cachet
• cadastral
• caddie Scottish, from Fr. French: cadet
• cadence
• cadet
• Cadillac, named for Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
• cadre
• café
• café au lait
• cafetière
• cage
• cagoule
• cahier
• cahoots
• caisson
• caitiff
• cajole, compare French: cajoler
• cajolery
• Cajun
• calaboose
• calamine
• calamitous
• calamity
• calcify
• calendar Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: calendier, compare modern Fr. French: calendrier
• calender
• calibre
• caliph Fr. French: caliphe, from Arabic
• caliphate
• calligraphy Fr. French: calligraphie, from Greek "beautiful" + "to write"
• calm
• calmative
• calomel
• caloric
• calorie
• calque
• calumet
• calumny
• Calvinism
• camaraderie
• camber
• camel
• camembert
• camisole Fr. French: camisole, from Provençal camisola
• camomile
• camouflage
• camp
• campaign, compare French: campagne
• camphor
• cancan
• canaille
• canal
• canapé
• canard
• canary
• cancel, Anglo-Fr. canceler, evolution of French: chanceler (1293) (to cross out)
• candy
• cane
• cannon
• cannonade
• canon [clergyman], Anglo-Fr. canun, from Old N. Fr. canonie (compare Fr. French: chanoine)
• canonise, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: cannonisier
• canteen
• cantle
• canton
• cantonment
• canvas
• capable
• capacity
• cap-a-pie
• caparison
• cape
• capillarity
• capitalism
• capitalist
• capitulation
• capon Old N. Fr. capon, compare modern Fr. French: chapon
• capote
• caprice
• capricious
• capsid
• capstan Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: cabestant, from Old Provençal cabestan
• capsule
• captain Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: capitaine
• caption
• captious
• capture
• Capuchin
• car Old N. Fr. carre, from Latin Latin: carrus, from Gaulish karros
• carabineer
• carafe
• caramel
• carapace
• carat
• caravan
• caravel
• carbine
• carbon
• carbonate
• carbuncle
• carcass
• card (Fr. French: carte)
• cardiac
• careen
• career (Fr. French: carrière)
• caress
• caribou
• caricature
• carillon
• carious
• carmine
• carnage
• carnation
• carnival
• carnivore
• carob, Fr. French: carobe, from Arabic
• carol
• carom
• carouse
• carousel
• carp
• carpel
• carpenter
• carpentry
• carpet
• carrack
• carrefour
• carriage
• carrion
• carrot
• carry, Old N. Fr. carrier, (compare Fr. French: charrier)
• carte blanche
• carte de visite
• cartel
• carter
• Cartesian
• cartilage
• cartography
• carton
• cartouche
• cartridge
• caryatid
• cascade
• case
• casein
• casement
• cash, Middle Fr. French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: caisse
• cashew
• cashier
• cask
• casque
• casserole
• cassette
• cassis
• cassock
• castle, Old North Fr. castel, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: chastel, compare modern Fr. French: château
• castor
• casual (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: casuel)
• casuist, compare French: casuiste
• cataclysm
• catafalque
• catalogue
• catapult
• catch
• catchpoll
• catechumen
• category
• caterpillar
• catheter
• catholic
• cattle
• caudle
• caul
• cauldron
• caulk
• causative
• cause
• caustic
• cauterize
• caution
• cavalcade
• cavalier
• cavalry, compare French: cavalerie
• cave
• cavern
• caviar
• cavil
• cavity
• cease Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: cesser
• cedar Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: cedre
• celadon
• celebrant
• celebration
• celebrity
• celerity
• celery
• celestial
• celibate
• cellar
• cellulite
• cellulose
• Celtic
• cement (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: ciment)
• cemetery
• cenacle
• cenotaph
• cense, compare French: encenser
• censer (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: censier)
• censure
• centime (Fr. French: centime)
• centimetre
• centipede
• centralization
• centre (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: centre)
• centrifuge
• centrist
• cephalopod
• cere
• cereal
• cerebral
• ceremonious
• cerise
• certain
• certainty
• certificate
• certify
• certitude
• cession
• Chablis
• chafe
• chagrin
• chain
• chair, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: chaiere "chair", compare modern Fr. French: chaire "pulpit, throne"
• chaise, Fr. French: chaise, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: chaiere
• chaise longue or sometimes chaise lounge
• chalet
• chalice, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: chalice or French: calice, compare modern Fr. French: calice
• challenge, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: chalonge (n.) and French, Old (842-ca.1400);: chalengier (v.)
• challenger, Anglo-Fr. chalengeour
• chamber
• chamberlain, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: chamberlenc, compare modern Fr. French: chambellan
• chambray
• chameleon, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: chameleon, from Latin Latin: chamaeleon, from Greek
• chamfer
• chamois
• champagne
• champaign
• champertous
• champignon
• champion
• chance
• chancel
• chancellor
• chancery
• chancre
• chandelier
• chandler
• chandlery
• change
• changeable
• channel
• chanson
• chant
• chanteuse
• chanterelle
• chanticleer
• chantilly cream
• chapeau
• chapel
• chaperon
• chaplain
• chaplet
• chapter
• charabanc
• character, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: caractère
• charade
• charcuterie
• chard
• Chardonnay
• charette
• charge
• chargé d'affaires
• chariot
• charitable
• charity
• charlatan
• Charles, Fr. French: Charles, from Medieval Latin Latin: Carolus, from Middle High Germanic German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500);: Karl
• charlotte
• charm
• charnel
• chart
• charter
• chartreuse
• chase, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: chacier, compare modern Fr. French: chasser
• chaser
• chassé
• chasseur
• chassis
• chaste
• chasten
• chastise
• chastity
• chasuble
• château
• chateaubriand
• chatelaine
• chattel
• chauffeur
• chauvinism
• cheat, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: escheat
• check, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: eschec
• checker, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: eschequier
• checkmate, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: eschec mat, from Persian, compare modern Fr. French: échec et mat
• cheer (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: chiere)
• chef, Fr. French: chef
• chemise
• chemist, Fr. French: chimiste
• chenille
• cheque
• cherish (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: chériss-)
• cherry, Anglo-Fr. and Old N. Fr. cherise, compare Old Fr. and modern Fr. French: cerise
• chess, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: esches
• chestnut
• cheval de frise
• cheval glass
• chevalier
• chevauchée
• chevron
• Cheyenne, Fr. French: Cheyenne, from Dakota
• chez
• chic
• Chicago (from French: Fort Chécagou, from Algonquian)
• chicane
• chicanery
• chichi
• chickpea
• chicory
• chief, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: chief, compare modern Fr. French: chef
• chieftain, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: chevetain, compare modern Fr. French: cheftaine (only the feminine form remains)
• chiffon
• chiffonade
• chiffonier
• chignon
• chimera
• chimney
• chiromancy
• chisel
• chitin
• chivalrous
• chivalry
• chive
• chloroform
• chlorophyll
• chock
• choice
• choir
• choler
• choleric
• cholesterol
• choreography
• chowder
• Christianity
• chrome
• chromium
• chronic
• chronicle
• chute
• cider
• cigarette
• cinema, Fr. French: cinéma
• cinematic
• cinematography
• cinnabar
• cinnamon
• cinquain
• circle
• circlet
• circuit
• circular
• circulation
• circulatory
• circumcise
• circumspection
• circumstance
• cirque
• cistern
• citadel
• citation
• cite
• citizen
• citron
• citronella
• city, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: cite, compare modern Fr. French: cité
• civet
• civil
• civilian
• civilisation
• civilize
• claim (Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: clamer)
• clairvoyance
• clamor
• clamorous
• claque
• claret
• clarification
• clarify
• clarinet, compare French: clarinet
• clarion
• clarity
• class
• classic
• classify
• clause
• clavicle
• clavier
• clear
• clechy
• clef
• clement
• clementine
• clergy
• cliché
• client
• clientele
• climate
• clinic
• clinician
• clique
• cloak
• cloche
• clock
• cloisonne
• cloister
• close
• closet, from Old French French, Old (842-ca.1400);: closet
• closure
• cloture
• clyster
• coach
• coagulation
• coalition
• coast
• coat
• coat of arms
• cocaine
• cochineal
• cock
• cockade
• Cockaigne, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: Cocaigne, compare modern Fr. French: pays de Cocagne
• cockatrice
• cockle
• cocoon
• cocotte
• coddle
• code
• codeine
• codicil
• coefficient
• coercion
• Coeur d'Alene
• coffer
• coffin
• cogent
• cogitation
• cogitative
• cognac
• cognisance
• cohabitation
• coherence
• coherent
• cohesion
• cohort
• coif
• coiffeur
• coiffeuse
• coiffure
• coil
• coin, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: coigne
• coinage
• coincide
• coincidence
• coincident
• Cointreau
• collaboration
• collage
• collagen
• collar, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: coler
• collateral
• collation
• colleague
• collect
• collection
• collective
• collector
• college
• collegial
• collet
• collision
• colloid
• collusion
• cologne
• colonel, Middle Fr. French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: coronel, compare modern Fr. French: colonel
• colonnade
• colossal
• colour or color
• colouration or coloration
• columbine
• column
• combat
• combatant
• combination
• combine
• combust
• combustible
• combustion
• comedian and comedienne, compare French: comédien and French: comédienne
• comedy
• comestible
• comet
• comfit
• comfiture
• comfort
• comfortable
• comforter
• comity
• command
• commandant
• commander
• commandment
• comme il faut
• commemoration
• commence
• commencement
• commendable
• commendation
• commensal
• comment
• commentary
• commerce
• commercial
• commiseration
• commissariat
• commission
• commissioner
• commode
• commodity
• common
• commotion
• communal
• commune
• communicable
• communication
• communicative
• communion
• communiqué
• communism (Fr. French: communisme)
• communist
• community, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: comunalté, modern Fr. French: communauté
• commutation
• compact
• compaction
• companion
• company, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: compagnie
• comparable
• comparative
• compare
• comparison
• compartment
• compass
• compassion
• compatible
• compatriot
• compeer
• compel
• compendious
• compensable
• compensation
• compensatory
• compere
• compete
• competence
• competent
• competitor
• compilation
• compile
• compiler
• complain
• complainant
• complaint
• complaisance
• complaisant
• complement
• complete
• complex
• complexion
• complication
• complicity
• compliment, Fr. French: compliment
• compline
• comply
• comport
• comportment
• compose
• composite
• composition
• compost
• compote
• compound
• comprehension
• comprehensive
• compress
• compression
• comprise
• compromise
• compulsion
• compulsive
• compunction
• computation
• compute
• comrade, Fr. French: camarade
• concave
• concavity
• conceal
• concealment
• concede
• conceive
• concentric
• concept
• conception
• concern
• concert
• concession
• concessionaire
• concierge
• conciliation
• concision
• conclusion
• conclusive
• concomitance
• concord
• concordance
• concordant
• concordat
• concourse
• concretion
• concubinage
• concubine
• concurrence
• concurrent
• condemn
• condense
• condescend
• condescendence
• condign
• condiment
• condition
• conditional
• conduction
• conductor
• conduit
• condyle
• cone
• coney
• confection
• confederacy
• confederation
• confer
• conference
• confess
• confession
• confessional
• confidant
• confidante
• confidence
• confident
• confine
• confinement
• confirm
• confirmation
• confiscation
• confit
• conflagration
• confluent
• conform
• conformity
• confound
• confraternity
• confrere
• confront
• confrontation
• confusion
• confute
• congeal
• congee
• congener
• congestion
• congratulation
• congregation
• congruity
• conjecture
• conjoin
• conjoint
• conjugal
• conjunction
• conjuncture
• conjuration
• conjure
• conjurer
• connect
• connection
• connoisseur, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: conoisseor, compare modern Fr. French: connaisseur
• conquer
• conqueror
• conquest
• consanguine
• consanguinity
• conscience
• conscientious
• conscription
• consecutive
• consent
• consequence
• consequent
• conservation
• conservative
• conservator
• conserve
• consider
• consideration
• consign
• consist
• consistence
• consistory
• consolation
• console
• consommé
• consonance
• consonant
• consort
• conspiracy
• conspirator
• conspire
• constable
• constance
• constant
• constellation
• consternation
• constitution
• constrain
• constraint
• construction
• constructive
• consuetude
• consul
• consult
• consultation
• consume
• consumption
• contagion
• contagious
• contain
• contaminate
• contemn
• contemplation
• contemplative
• contend
• content
• contention
• contentious
• contentment
• contest
• contestant
• contiguity
• continence
• continent
• contingent
• continual
• continuance
• continuation
• continue
• continuity
• contortion
• contour
• contra dance
• contraband
• contract
• contractile
• contraction
• contracture
• contradiction
• contrariety
• contrary
• contrast
• contravene
• contravention
• contretemps
• contribution
• contributor
• contrite
• contrition
• contrive
• control
• controller
• controverse
• controversy
• contumelious
• contumely
• contusion
• convalescence
• convalescent
• convenance
• convene
• convenient
• convent, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: convent, compare modern Fr. French: couvent
• convention
• conversant
• conversation
• converse
• conversion
• convert
• convertible
• convex
• convey, Anglo-Fr. conveier, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: convoier, compare modern Fr. French: convoyer
• convive
• convivial
• convocation
• convoke
• convoy
• convulsive
• cooperation
• coordination
• cope
• coppice
• coprolalia
• copulation
• copy
• coquet
• coquetry
• coquette
• coral
• corbel
• cord
• cordage
• cordial
• cordon
• cordwainer
• core
• coriander
• Coriolis force
• corm
• cormorant, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: cormarenc, compare Mod. Fr. French: cormoran
• corn [callus on the foot]
• cornelian, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: corneline, compare Mod. Fr. French: cornaline
• corner
• cornet
• corniche
• coronal
• coroner
• coronet
• corporal (n.) Middle Fr. French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: corporal, from Italian Italian: caporale, compare Mod. Fr. French: caporal
• corporal (adj.) Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: corporal, compare Mod. Fr. French: corporel
• corps
• corpse
• corpulence
• corpulent
• correct
• correction
• corrective
• correlation
• correspond
• corridor, Fr. French: corridor, from Italian Italian: corridore
• corrigible
• corrode
• corrosion
• corrosive
• corrupt, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: corropt
• corruptible
• corsage
• corsair
• corset
• cortege
• corvee
• corvette
• cost
• costal
• costive
• costume
• coterie
• cotillion
• cottage
• cotton, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: coton
• couch
• cougar
• coulee
• coulomb
• council
• counsel
• counsellor
• count (v.), Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: cunte, from Latin Latin: computare, compare Mod. Fr. French: compter
• count (n.), Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: conte, from Latin Latin: comitem, compare Mod. Fr. French: comte
• countenance
• counter
• counteract
• counterargument, counter+argument, compare French: contre-argument
• counterattack, counter+attack, compare French: contre-attaque
• counterbalance, counter+balance, compare French: contrebalancer
• counterculture, counter+culture,compare French: contreculture
• counterfeit, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: contrefait
• counterintelligence, counter+intelligence, compare French: contre-intelligence
• countermand, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: contremander
• counteroffer, counter+offer, compare French: contre-offre
• counterpart, Middle Fr. French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: contrepartie
• counterpoint
• counterpoise, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: contrepois, compare Mod. Fr. French: contrepoids
• countersign, Middle Fr. French, Middle (ca.1400-1600);: contresigne
• countervail, Anglo-Fr. countrevaloir, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: contrevaloir
• countess
• country, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: cuntree, compare Mod. Fr. French: contrée
• county, Anglo-Fr. counte, compare French: comté
• coup
• coup d'état
• coup de grâce
• coupe
• couple
• couplet
• coupon
• courage, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: corage, compare Mod. Fr. French: courage
• courageous
• courant
• courgette
• courier
• course
• courser
• court
• court martial, Fr. French: cour martiale
• courteous
• courtesan
• courtesy
• courtier
• couscous, Fr. French: couscous, from Arabic
• cousin, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: cosin
• couture
• couturier
• covenant
• cover, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: covrir
• coverlet
• covert
• coverture
• covet
• covetous
• covey
• coward
• cowardice
• coy
• cramp
• crap
• crappie
• craps [game]
• crass
• cravat
• crayfish, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: crevice, compare Mod. Fr. French: écrevisse
• crayon
• cream
• creamery
• creation
• creator
• creature
• creche
• credit
• creditor
• credulity
• Cree
• crème
• crème brûlée
• crème caramel
• crème de la crème
• crème de menthe
• crenel
• crenelate
• creole
• crêpe
• creperie
• crepuscule
• crescent
• crest
• cretin
• cretonne
• crevasse
• crevice
• crew
• cricket, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: criquet
• crime
• criminal
• criminality
• crinoline
• critic
• critique
• Cro Magnon
• crochet
• crocket
• crocodile
• croissant
• crone
• croquet
• croquette
• crotch
• crotchet
• crouch
• croupier
• crouton, from the diminutive form of the old French word French, Old (842-ca.1400);: croust, (later to come into modern French as the word French: croûte), meaning 'crust'.
• crown, Anglo-Fr. coroune, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: corone, compare Mod. Fr. French: couronne
• crozier
• cru
• crucial
• crucifix
• crucify
• crudités
• crudity
• cruel
• cruelty
• cruet
• crusade
• crusader
• crush
• crust, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: crouste, compare Mod. Fr. French: croûte
• cry, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: crier
• crystal
• crystalline
• cube
• cubic
• cubism
• cuckold
• cuckoo
• cucumber
• cuirass
• cuisine
• cul-de-sac
• cull
• culmination
• culotte
• culpable
• culprit
• cult, Fr. French: culte
• cultivation
• culture, Fr. French: culture
• cuneiform
• cupidity
• curable
• curation
• curative
• curb
• cure
• curette
• curfew, Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: covrefeu, compare Mod. Fr. French: couvre-feu
• curie
• curiosity
• curious
• curlew
• currant
• current
• currier
• curry (v.)
• curry favor
• cursive
• cursory
• curtail
• curtain
• curtilage
• cushion
• custard
• custom, from Old Fr. French, Old (842-ca.1400);: coustume, compare modern Fr. French: coutume
• cutlass
• cutler
• cutlery
• cutlet
• cyclic
• cygnet
• cylinder
• cymbal
• cynosure
• cypress
• cystic
• cystocele

See also

• Influence of French on English
• French phrases used by English speakers
• Law French
• Glossary of fencing, (predominantly from French).
• Glossary of ballet (predominantly from French)
• Lists of English loanwords by country or language of origin
• List of English words of Gaulish origin
• List of English words of Latin origin
• List of English Latinates of Germanic origin
• Latin influence in English
• List of French words of Germanic origin
• List of French words of Gaulish origin
• List of French words of Arabic origin

External links

• Oxford English Dictionary
• Dictionary.com
• Online Etymology Dictionary
• Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales

Notes and References

1. Web site: BAGUETTE : Etymologie de BAGUETTE .