Latin words from French
7 Latin words with French in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages.
avantagium
It is borrowed from Old French avantage (“advantage, profit”), from avant (“before”), which goes back to Latin abante (“from before”). Etymonline suggests that the French word may have passed…
crappa
According to the DMLBS it is borrowed from Old French crappe. Etymonline gives the opposite direction, deriving the Old French word (and so English crap) from the Medieval Latin word and crapinum…
financia
It is borrowed from Old French finance (“payment, settlement”), according to the MLW; the DMLBS compares affinantia as well as the Old French noun. The French noun was formed from finer (“to end, to…
garcio
It is borrowed from Old French garçon (“boy, servant”), of Germanic origin; Wiktionary instead derives it from an earlier ⟨*warciō⟩, from Frankish *wrakkijō (“mercenary, servant”). Etymonline traces…
Gobelinus
It is borrowed from Old French gobelin according to the DMLBS, while Niermeyer marks it as Germanic, and Köbler compares Middle High German kobolt (“household spirit”), adding that its further…
inquesta
It is borrowed from Old French enqueste (“inquiry”). Etymonline traces the Old French noun through Vulgar Latin *inquaestia to inquīsīta (“a thing inquired into”), the feminine past participle of…
manerium
It is borrowed from Anglo-Norman maner (“dwelling”), the Anglo-Norman counterpart of Old French manoir (“abode, dwelling; manor”), a noun use of maneir (“to dwell”), from Latin maneō (“to stay…