Words Ancient and Modern

16th century adjective adopted Anglo-Sax Anglo-Saxon appears applied arrumer Authorized Version became become borrowed bourgeois called casks Chaucer cognate with Lat coin common compound connection corresponding Cotgrave derived dialect Du Cange Dutch earlier earliest early England English epithet etymologists etymology explained fact familiar folk-etymology French word fruit Gavin Douglas German Goth king later Latin Layamon London meaning medieval modern nautical noun Old Fr Old French Old High Old Norse old word older original sense originally meant Oxford Dictionary quotes pack parmain pear pelote Pepys phrase pipe plot plural Promptorium Parvulorum pronunciation Punch recorded rendered Roman Romance languages Romance of Words rummage Russian Sanskrit says Scott seems sergeant Shakespeare skate Skeat stilt story stunning suggests surnames survives synonymous Teutonic languages tion trounce trudge truncheon übermensch usually verb verge viking vocabulary Vulgar Lat Vulgate warden wealth Weekley weird whence yeoman yond