History of the French Lexicon
History of the French Lexicon
- Olivier BertrandOlivier BertrandCY Cergy Paris University
Summary
The French lexicon of the early 21st century has two main sources: In the early 21st century, approximately 87% of the vocabulary comes from Latin and 13% from many other languages. The French lexicon was created and developed roughly from the 7th–8th century ce up to the early 21st century. There are three ways to create vocabulary: inheritance from popular Latin, borrowing from other languages (as well as from written Latin), and internal creation (through semantic extension, derivation, and compounding).
Subjects
- Historical Linguistics
- Language Families/Areas/Contact
