Anglo-French
Norman-derived legal language
Anglo-French describes the relationship or combination of English and French elements.
It may refer to diplomatic relations between Britain and France, or to cultural and linguistic mixing: the Anglo-French entente, Anglo-French cooperation on the Channel Tunnel.
Historically, Anglo-French (or Anglo-Norman) was the variety of French spoken in medieval England after the Norman Conquest, which heavily influenced English vocabulary.
French duke's English takeover
- 1066Norman invasion year
- PlantagenetMedieval English dynasty
- feudalOf tiered landownership
- nobilityTitled ruling class
aristocracy · royal court · Domesday · William · Henry II · Eleanor of Aquitaine · Magna Carta · chancery
Regional language variety
- Norman1066 England conqueror
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- loanwordsAdopted foreign vocabulary
borrowings · legal terminology · bilingualism · trilingualism · scribal · manuscripts · insular · continental
Love and its excitement
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- hagiographyIdealized biographical writing
- BrutDriest champagne category
- chansonFrench vocal composition
patronage · courtly · manuscripts · verse · prose · adaptation · translation · audience
Norman Conquest
French duke's English takeover
- 1066Norman invasion year
- PlantagenetMedieval English dynasty
- feudalOf tiered landownership
nobility · aristocracy · royal court · Domesday · William · Henry II · Eleanor of Aquitaine · Magna Carta · chancery · administration
dialect
Regional language variety
- Norman1066 England conqueror
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- vocabularyOne's word collection
loanwords · borrowings · legal terminology · bilingualism · trilingualism · scribal · manuscripts · insular · continental · phonology
romance
Love and its excitement
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- hagiographyIdealized biographical writing
- BrutDriest champagne category
chanson · patronage · courtly · manuscripts · verse · prose · adaptation · translation · audience · secular
Year Books
Annual student photo compilations
- statuteEnacted written rule
- Inns of CourtBarristers' professional associations
- writCourt-issued directive
defendant · plaintiff · tort · bailiff · attorney · verdict · larceny · felony · chattel · covenant
- UK DiplomacyForeign Office, Foreign Secretary, British embassies, ambassadors, diplomatic missions
Anglo-FrenchOld English
Germanic language of early Britain
Germanic · Anglo-Saxon · Old Norse · German · Celtic
Anglo-FrenchOld English
Germanic language of early Britain
insular · unmixed · indigenous
French, Anglophone, Francophone, Norman French, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo, Anglo-Norman, Anglophile