Languages (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Stolen from? The English got invaded by the Romans, Normans, Vikings etc. Didn't have much choice in that word adoption.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Ehh, Normans mostly kept to themselves. The folks didn't have to adopt any of their language, except to speak to the king and upper administration. But French language was perceived as fashionable, so the vocabulary crept into English — the division between crude everyday Norse/Germanic words and ‘elegant’ highbrow Norman words is still present in the choice of which ones were chosen to stay in the language for any particular topic.

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