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French words from Latin words first recorded in the 11th century

2 French words inherited from a Latin word whose earliest known written record dates from the 11th century, earliest Latin record first.

1. brun

   1020–1087

   from Latin brunus

   It is inherited from Old French brun, inherited from Late Latin brunus, the latinized form of a Germanic word meaning “brown” (Wiktionary gives the Frankish form *brūn), probably brought into the…

2. chapeau

   1083–1088

   from Latin cappellus

   It is inherited from Old French chapel, inherited from Late Latin cappellus (“headdress”), recorded before 833, a diminutive of cappa (“hood, cape”) (see chape). Medieval Latin “capellus” also meant…

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