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Actually quite a lot of the Latin and Greek words came several centuries after the Norman invasion as renaissance scholars introduced them — often to ‘correct’
by empath75 7y ago
Actually quite a lot of the Latin and Greek words came several centuries after the Norman invasion as renaissance scholars introduced them — often to ‘correct’ French words. Then quite a lot more came through scientific terms in the industrial era.
- jacques_chester 7y agoYes, I should've mentioned them rather than sweeping it all under loanwords.