Actually, quite a bit of the English language is based on French, with most of the transitions having been made between the XIIth and the XVIth centuries. For the fun, here are some of the words you have used in the posts of this subject which come from French originally, in order of appearance:
Device, personally, common, sounds, foreign, pronounce, certainly, general, regards, ambiguity, acceptance, language, partially, noticed, bandit, piece, proportion, completely, annoying, tempted, figured, place, modified, supposedly...
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