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> dozeine. French nitpicker here. We now write it "douzaine" but spellings have changed through the ages.
by Iv 8y ago
> dozeine.
French nitpicker here. We now write it "douzaine" but spellings have changed through the ages.
- Hemospectrum 8y agoYep. Most of the "French" words in English (beef, butcher, danger, very, act...) actually come from dialects brought over by the Normans when they conquered England in 1066. That's closer on the timeline to Latin than modern French.