Old French words from Latin

121 Old French words with Latin in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages (page 3).

vocal

It is borrowed from Latin vōcālis (“sounding, having a voice”), from vōx (“voice”) and the suffix -ālis. Used as a noun the Latin adjective meant “vowel”, short for “sounding letter”, a calque of…

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