ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Most of the French vocabulary in English entered the language after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, when Old French, specifically the Old Norman dialect, became the language of the new Anglo-Norman court, the government, and the elites.

Detailed explanation-2: -Early Middle English (1100-1300) The Early Middle English period began in 1066 with the Norman Conquest and was greatly influenced by French, as the Normans brought with them many French words that began to replace their Old English equivalents. This process is known as Normanisation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many words have been borrowed from Norman French. These can be grouped into several types: Legal terms ("adultery", “slander"), military words ("surrender", “occupy"), names of meats ("bacon", “venison") and words from the royal court ("chivalry", “majesty").

Detailed explanation-4: -Old English language, also called Anglo-Saxon, language spoken and written in England before 1100; it is the ancestor of Middle English and Modern English.

Detailed explanation-5: -All in all, the English absorbed about 10, 000 new words from the Normans, though they still couldn’t grasp the rules of cheek kissing. The bon amis all ended when the English nation took their new warlike lingo of “armies", “navies", and “soldiers", and began the Hundred Years’ War against France.