Originally, it was a Germanic language and then after the Norman Conquest in 1066, there was an enormous influx of French words.

最初，它是日耳曼语，而在1066年诺曼征服之后，大量法语词汇涌入（英语）。

youdao

It turns up in written English circa 1220 so it came with the French of the Norman Conquest which was built on Latin.

大约1220年它在书面英语中出现，它伴随着在诺尔曼征服中根植于拉丁文中的法语产生。

youdao

It definitely didn’t come to English through French since the Old English citations predate the Norman Conquest.

但是可以肯定的是它绝非来源于法语，因为在古英语尚在是有时，诺曼征服的时代还未到来呢。

youdao

It was written in the language of the people. The rulers of Britain at that time still spoke the Norman French they brought with them in ten sixty-six.

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Slowly,Norman French was used less and less until it disappeared.

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But new ones were constantly being added, at that time mostly from Norman French.

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