Yes. French actually is a 100% successor of the local vulgar latin. There’s no “native” French that’s somewhere in the bowels of the language; no celtic (“gallicus”) roots to be found there.
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Ledivin@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Wouldn’t the French escale also stem from the latin scala at some point?
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DrBob@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
DrBob@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 2 hours ago
smale fischis
I like your funny words, magic man
Quokka@quokk.au 4 hours ago
“A frogge bith a smale beaste with foure leggys”
I love how Middle English sounds so silly.
dontsayaword@piefed.social 9 hours ago
Good call. According to wiki, the French escala is descended from the Latin scala (ladder)