It would be understandable to assume that the word ‘bonfire’ comes from a mix of French and English……
Do you know the origins of the word ‘terrorist’ ?
The word ‘ambulance’ hasn’t always referred to a vehicle.
After the northern part of Catalonia was ceded to the French in 1659, Catalan was initially still used for official documents to avoid stirring up resentment.
Did you know that the word ‘vaccine’ originally came from the Latin word vacca, or more common to us, the French word vache, meaning cow?
Did you know that the word ‘-aise’ means “native to” or “originating in ?
Did you know that it is likely that tennis was first played in France?
Are you assiduous?
Did you know that the word ‘saunter’ may originate from the French ‘à la sainte terre’ ?
We all know a chauvinist pig or two don’t we ladies – a gentleman who has a ‘prejudiced belief in the superiority of his own gender’?