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French words first recorded in the 8th century

1 French word whose earliest known written record dates from the 8th century, earliest first. Words dated only to part of the century follow the ones with a year.

1. chaloir

   800–899

   It is inherited from Old French chaloir, inherited from Latin caleō (“to be warm”). The Latin verb meant “to be hot” in its proper sense from Plautus on, and figuratively “to be anxious, to be on…

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