Émigrés French words that turned English

Émigrés is a study of French words and phrases which, untranslated, have entered the English lexicon. Historians calculate that English, since 1500, has borrowed more words from French than from any other modern foreign language. While it has naturalized many of these words, some have visibly retain...

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Main Author: Scholar, Richard (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press 2020.
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