600s

French words from Latin words first recorded in the 7th century

3 French words inherited from a Latin word whose earliest known written record dates from the 7th century, earliest Latin record first.

1. oser

   643

   from Latin auso

   It is inherited from Late Latin ausāre (“to dare”), formed on “ausus”, the past participle of audeō (“to dare”). Bloch and Wartburg explain the new verb by the irregularity of “audēre”, whose…

2. forêt

   648

   from Latin forestis

   It is inherited from Old French forest, inherited from Late Latin forestis, probably from the phrase “silva forestis”, a forest under the king's court of justice, from Latin forum (“court of…

3. parc

   700–799

   from Latin parricus

   It is inherited from Medieval Latin parricus (“enclosure”), found in the 8th century in the Ripuarian law. Rey and Bloch and Wartburg derive ⟨parricus⟩ from a pre-Latin *parra (“pole, stake”), kept…

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