Old French words first recorded in the 9th century

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…

It is inherited from Late Latin salvō (“to save”), a Late Latin verb formed on Latin salvus (“safe, unharmed”). Bloch and Wartburg call the Late Latin verb mainly a word of the Church, and the DHLF…

It is borrowed from Latin honestās (“honour, respectability”), from its accusative honestātem. The Latin noun is formed from honestus (“honourable”) with the suffix -tās, and the adjective comes…

It is inherited from Latin mercēs (“wages, reward”), through its accusative. The Latin noun is formed from merx (“merchandise”). In popular Latin it took the sense of price, whence favour, found in…

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…