Originally Posted By: tiberall
As a natural language, English is always growing. It is particularly adept at absorbing new words. What I keep wondering is what is the French word most recently added to English that no longer 'sounds French'. So far, the words this week still sound French to me. But the word 'cherish' (which came from French) sounds like a normal English word to me. But when Chaucer used it in 1385 it must have still sounded French to him. How long does it take for a word to lose the sounds of its roots? And which is the latest absorbed word that no longer 'sounds French'?




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