100–1 BC

Old French words from Latin words first recorded in the 1st century BC

6 Old French words inherited from a Latin word whose earliest known written record dates from the 1st century BC, earliest Latin record first.

1. paiier

   81 BC–43 BC

   from Latin paco

   It is inherited from Latin pācō (“to pacify, subdue”), a verb formed from pāx (“peace”). In Latin it meant to impose peace on a land or people. Gamillscheg holds that already in Vulgar Latin it had…

2. plait

   70 BC–19 BC

   from Latin placitum

   It is inherited from Latin placitum (“opinion, decree”), the neuter of placitus, past participle of placeō (“to please”). In classical Latin the plural meant tenets or principles; in the Latin of…

3. despit

   60 BC–55 BC

   from Latin despectus

   It is inherited from Latin dēspectus (“a looking down on; contempt”), the action noun of dēspiciō (“to look down on, despise”), which is formed from dē- and speciō (“to look”). The adjective…

4. ploiier

   60 BC–55 BC

   from Latin plico

   It is inherited from Latin plicō (“to fold”). The DHLF calls the Latin verb an intensive formed on the compound element -plicō of verbs such as explicō, beside plectō (“to plait”). Its Romance…

5. plenté

   30 BC–15 BC

   from Latin plenitas

   It is inherited from Latin plēnitās (“fullness”), the abstract noun formed from plēnus (“full”). Wiktionary notes that it matches plein with the suffix -té. The older spelling with a final ⟨-t⟩…

6. pie

   16 BC–17

   from Latin pica

   It is inherited from Latin pīca (“magpie, jay”). The Latin word is the feminine of pīcus (“woodpecker”), and the TLFi takes both to be imitative, the masculine and the feminine having served to tell…

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