Thats Liberty: In English, many synonyms emerged in the Middle - TopicsExpress



          

Thats Liberty: In English, many synonyms emerged in the Middle Ages, after the Norman conquest of England. While Englands new ruling class spoke Norman French, the lower classes continued to speak Old English (Anglo-Saxon). Thus, today we have synonyms like the Norman-derived people, liberty and archer, and the Saxon-derived folk, freedom and bowman. For more examples, see the list of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 08:43:33 +0000

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