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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: French words in English tiberall #193077 09/12/10 02:07 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Is décalage (gap, or interval) related? No. French décalage 'gap, offset' < décaler to move, bring forward' < caler < cale 'wedge' (probably < German Keil 'wedge'. French coller 'to attach, stick' < Latin collum 'neck'. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted French words in English tiberall 08/31/10 05:14 PM Re: French words in English LukeJavan8 08/31/10 05:17 PM Re: French words in English zmjezhd 08/31/10 06:08 PM Re: French words in English BranShea 08/31/10 06:37 PM Re: French words in English twosleepy 09/07/10 06:35 PM Re: French words in English BranShea 09/09/10 02:05 PM Re: French words in English Hal Alexander 09/11/10 09:40 PM Re: French words in English BranShea 09/11/10 10:31 PM Re: French words in English Faldage 09/12/10 11:43 AM Re: French words in English zmjezhd 09/09/10 02:40 PM Re: French words in English BranShea 09/09/10 05:55 PM Re: French words in English zmjezhd 09/12/10 02:07 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,397 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 579 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 41 A C Bowden 28 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,576 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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