WORDS
OF ANGLO-FRENCH ORIGIN
Anglo-French
was the French spoken in England from the Norman Conquest
(1066) through the Middle Ages. It also functioned as the
administrative and legal language of England from the 12th
century through the 17th century.
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WORDS
OF ANGLO-FRENCH ORIGIN
Key: The word's language of origin appears directly below it, and to the right of that is an example sentence and an etymology, along with any related themes.
Word |
Phonetic Pronunciation |
Part of Speech |
Definition |
purlieu
Anglo-French |
PEARL-yew |
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1. an outlying or adjacent district;
plural : environs,
neighborhood
2. a frequently visited place : haunt;
plural : confines,
bounds |
Ex.
Etym.
Rel. Themes: |
The prince was visibly uncomfortable in the company
of unwashed peasants, having long since grown accustomed to
the cushy purlieu of his father's
marble palace.
French, literally "pure place." In
medieval English law, land near a royal forest that was severed
from it was made purlieu; that is, pure or free from
forest laws.
Legalese
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