As with stone, so with words. Over the next two centuries, French rained heavily on the English. Words of war: “army” (from armee), “archer” (from archer), “soldier” (from soudier), and “guard” (from garde) all come from the victors. French was the language which spelled out the new language of the social order. “Crown” (from corune), “throne” (from trone), “court” (from curt), “duke” (from duc), “baron” (baron), “nobility” (from nobilité), “peasant” (from paisant), “vassal” (vassal), servant (servant).
