In AD 787, the Scandinavians invaded England, followed by the Norman French in 1066. As the Anglo-Saxon language mingled with the Scandinavian language and French, many words that we still use today were born. Where did each of the words shown originate?

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Royce Pineda

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2 February, 08:16

In AD 787, the Scandinavians invaded England, followed by the Norman French in 1066. As the Anglo-Saxon language mingled with the Scandinavian language and French, many words that we still use today were born. Where did each of the words shown originate?

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cuisine has roots in latin (conquere - to cook) ugly has roots in old norse (ugga - to dread) touche has roots in french (originally 'touchér) petite has and always has originated from french and it did not evolve craze - swedish originally krassa - to crunch blunder - Scandinavian origin and related to blind.