Old French words first recorded in the 12th century

It is formed from Old French a- + prisier (“to value, esteem”). The simple verb is from Latin pretiō (“to value”), from pretium (“price”), under which the FEW files the whole family. Etymonline…

It is borrowed from Latin basis (“pedestal, foundation”), itself from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “stepping, step; base”). The Greek noun belongs to βαίνω (baínō, “to walk, go”), and the DHLF…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta, a Gallo-Romance derivative of diurnum (“day”). The Latin noun is the neuter of diurnus (“of one day”), from diēs (“day”). The FEW files the word under…

It is inherited from Latin maior (“greater”), the comparative of magnus (“great”). The nominative continues the Latin nominative, while the oblique maieur continues the accusative maiōrem, but the…

It is borrowed from Latin patrōnus (“protector, patron”), which is formed from pater (“father”) on the model of colōnus. In Medieval Latin the word also meant a feudal lord, the patron of a church…

It is formed from Old French profiter + -able. The verb belongs with porfit (“profit, advantage”), which the FEW traces to Latin profectus (“advance, growth; profit”), the etymon under which it also…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *tastō, a contraction of *taxitō, the frequentative of Latin taxō (“to touch sharply”), itself an intensive of tangō (“to touch”). Its Romance cognates are Italian…

It is a deverbal noun from Old French coster (“to cost”). The verb continues Latin cōnstō (“to stand firm; to cost”), a compound of com- and stō (“to stand”), of which only the sense “to be had for…

It is borrowed from Latin generālis (“belonging to a kind”). The Latin adjective is formed from genus (“birth, kind”) with the suffix -ālis. The DEAF explains the Old French senses “high-born”…

It is formed from Old French a- + compaing (“companion”) + -ier. Gamillscheg compares the formation of acointier. Etymonline instead derives it from the prefix and the verb compaignier. The noun…

It is borrowed from Latin cōnsūmō (“to use up, destroy”). The DHLF analyses the Latin verb as com- and sūmō (“to take for oneself”), a contraction of an older form built on emō (“to take, buy”), so…

It is inherited from Latin costa (“rib, side”). The TLFi and Wiktionary instead call it a borrowing of the Latin anatomical word. Gamillscheg thinks the Latin word already had the transferred sense…

It is inherited from Late Latin reversō (“to turn round”), a verb formed from Latin re- and versō (“to turn”), which Lewis and Short cite from Augustine's Confessions and the Vulgate. Greimas also…

It is borrowed from Frankish *trottōn (“to run”), an intensive verb of the family of Old High German tretan (“to go, walk”), Old English tredan and German treten (“to tread”). The Frankish form is…

It is borrowed from Late Latin hospitālis (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), a learned borrowing, the Late Latin noun being a use of Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). The…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *conviō (“to set on the way, accompany”), formed from com- (“with”) and via (“way, road”). The DHLF analyses it as com- and the Late Latin verb viō (“to travel”)…

It is borrowed from Frankish *haist (“violence, vehemence”), the etymon the FEW, the TLFi and Bloch and Wartburg give. Wiktionary traces the Frankish word to Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (“conflict…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin auctorizō (“to confirm”), a verb recorded in 838 in a council of Toul, derived from Latin auctor (“author, originator”). The FEW files otroiier "to grant" under…

It is from Old French gardenc (“keeper”), with the ending replaced by the suffix -ien. Gamillscheg traces the older noun to Frankish *warding (“keeper”), from *wardōn (“to look after”), while the…

It is borrowed from Latin relātiō (“a bringing back; a report; a relation”). The Latin noun is formed referō (“to bring back, report”) + -tiō, and had from the 1st century both a legal sense…

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…

It is borrowed from Latin orīginālis (“existing from the beginning, primitive”), a word of imperial Latin derived from orīgō (“origin”). Etymonline traces the Latin noun to orior (“to rise”). The…

It is borrowed from Latin ūnitās (“oneness, unity”), which is formed from ūnus (“one”) and -tās. Wiktionary calls it a semi-learned borrowing. In Medieval Latin the word also meant the spiritual…

It is borrowed from Latin cōnstitūtiō (“arrangement, disposition; ordinance, decree”), a learned borrowing. The Latin noun is formed cōnstituō (“to set up, establish”) + -tiō; in Christian Latin…

It is borrowed from Spanish azar (“an unlucky throw at dice; a dice game”), from Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the die”), the noun with the assimilated article. Bloch and Wartburg find the Spanish…

It is borrowed from Latin īnstrūmentum (“furniture, equipment, tools”), derived from īnstruō (“to equip”). The DEAF explains that the Latin word developed regularly into estrument, and that it also…

It is formed from Old French re- + noun (“name”). The TLFi instead describes it as a noun made from the verb renomer “to praise, make famous”, and the FEW files it beside that verb under Latin…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *advertiō, from Latin advertō (“to turn towards; to turn the mind to”) with a change of conjugation. The Latin verb is formed from ad- and vertō (“to turn”). The…

It is borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin compassiō (“fellow-suffering, pity”), from compatior (“to suffer with”). The Latin noun is formed from con- and passiō (“suffering”), a calque of Ancient…

It is borrowed from Latin fortūna (“chance, fate; good luck”). The Latin word is related to fors (“chance”). The REW lists the Romance forms, such as Italian fortuna, and notes that the word spread…

It is borrowed from Latin licentia (“freedom to act, permission”), formed from licēns (“free, unrestrained”) and the suffix -ia, the participle of licet (“it is allowed”). In Late Latin the noun…

It is formed from Old French por- + traire (“to draw”). The verb traire continues Latin trahō (“to drag, draw”), and the prefix comes from prō-. Latin prōtrahō meant “to draw forth” and in Medieval…

It is a deverbal noun from Old French deporter (“to amuse, divert”), and the verb continues Latin dēportō (“to carry away, convey”), formed from dē- and portō (“to carry”). Wiktionary takes the verb…

It is a deverbal noun from Old French fermer (“to fix, make firm”), from the Old French sense "to establish firmly, settle". The verb continues Latin firmō (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”)…

It is inherited from Latin pulsō (“to beat, strike, push”). The Latin verb is a frequentative of pellō (“to drive, strike”), and the DHLF lists its senses as “to jostle, knock”, “to shake”, “to…

It is formed from Old French en- + joir, the verb joir being from Vulgar Latin *gaudiō, from gaudeō (“to rejoice”), whose infinitive moved to the fourth conjugation. Tobler–Lommatzsch equates it…

It is borrowed from Late Latin imperiālis (“of the emperor”), from imperium (“command; empire”). The FEW and the DEAF give the same etymon. Körting gives Italian imperiale beside the French word…

It is formed from Old French paste (“dough”) + -é, with the suffix that continues Latin -ātum. Gamillscheg thinks it replaced an older word that had been given up because it coincided with the word…

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…

It is borrowed from Latin reformō (“to shape again, transform”), according to the DHLF, Gamillscheg and Bloch and Wartburg. The FEW gives the borrowing its own article, with the Old French verb…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”), recorded in the 10th century and a variant of slavus (“Slav”), which is found in the 7th. The TLFi and the DHLF take the Latin noun for a…

It is borrowed from Late Latin fīnālis (“at the end”), formed on fīnis (“end; boundary”) with the suffix -ālis. In Latin it first meant “of boundaries”, and the sense “final” appears in…

It is borrowed from Latin līberālis (“befitting a free man”), from līber (“free”) and the suffix -ālis. The DHLF notes that the Latin adjective, like ingenuus and generōsus, passed from “concerning…

It is borrowed from Latin dispōnō (“to place apart, arrange”), made French in form after poser; the Latin verb is formed from dis- and pōnō (“to put, place”). The FEW therefore lists the word under…

It is inherited from Vulgar Latin *apprenditicius (“meant for learning”), an adjective formed with the suffix -īcius on *apprenditus, a Vulgar Latin past participle that replaced apprēnsus. The verb…

It is formed from Old French des- + honeste (“honourable”). The adjective honeste is from Latin honestus (“honourable”), a derivative of honōs (“honour”). Etymonline also considers a Medieval Latin…

Used as a noun and adjective, it is the past participle from Old French joindre (“to join”), which is from Latin iungō (“to put in the yoke, join”). The Latin participle is iūnctus. The Latin verb…

It is borrowed from Latin prōcūrātor (“manager, agent, proxy”). The Latin noun is formed prōcūrō (“to manage, administer”) + -tor, and named the governor or administrator of a province, the official…

It is borrowed from Latin lībertās (“freedom, the condition of a free person”). The noun is formed from Latin līber (“free”) + -tās, and continues Old Latin loebertās, from Proto-Italic *louðortāts.

It is formed from Old French sentir + -ment, the verb “to feel” with the suffix of action nouns. Gamillscheg describes it as a Gallo-Roman verbal noun Vulgar Latin *sentimentum of Latin sentiō (“to…

It is borrowed from Latin distīllō (“to drip, trickle down”). The Latin verb, also written dēstillō, is formed from Latin dē- + stīllō (“to drip”), from stīlla (“a drop”), which is probably a…

It is formed from Old French estrange + -ier, and estrange "foreign, strange" is from Latin extrāneus (“external, foreign”). The FEW lists the word among the derivatives of the Latin word, as in…

It is borrowed from Latin extrēmus (“outermost, last”). The Latin adjective is the superlative of exter (“outer”), formed with the suffix of postrēmus and suprēmus from earlier *extrezmo-…

It is formed from Old French finer (“to end; to pay”) + -ance. The verb is an altered form of finir (“to finish”), changed under the influence of fin (“end; money”), and meant first "to bring to an…

It is formed from Old French pleinte (“complaint”) + -if. Etymonline likewise derives it from the noun, while Wiktionary derives it from the verb pleindre “to complain, to bewail”. Wiktionary takes…

It is a learned word, borrowed from Latin resistō (“to stand still; to withstand”). The Latin verb is formed from re- and sistō (“to stop, stand”); its first meaning was “to stop, not go further”…