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an assumed name, a nickname (often used in a pejorative way in French). [53] soi-disant lit. "oneself saying"; so-called; self-described. soigné fashionable; polished. soirée an evening party. sommelier a wine steward. soupçon a very small amount. (In French, it can also mean "suspicion".) soupe du jour
The form William is a back-borrowing from Old Norman Williame, a specifically northern Norman reflex of Medieval Latin Willelmus (compare the Central French cognate Guillaume). The development of the name's northern Norman form can be traced in the different versions of the name appearing in Wace's Roman de Rou. [5]
Daisy is a feminine given name. The flower name comes from the Old English word dægeseage, meaning "day's eye". [1] The name Daisy is therefore ultimately derived from this source. Daisy is also a nickname for Margaret because Marguerite, the French version of the latter name, is also a French name for the oxeye daisy. [2] [3]
Some Irish-language names have English equivalents, both deriving from a common source, e.g. Irish Máire (anglicised Maura), Máirín (Máire + - ín "a diminutive suffix"; anglicised Maureen) and English Mary all derive from French: Marie, which ultimately derives from Hebrew: מַרְיָם (maryām).
French statesman Charles de Gaulle's surname may not be a traditional French name with a toponymic particule, but a Flemish Dutch name that evolved from a form of De Walle meaning "the wall". In the case of nobility, titles are mostly of the form [title] [ particle ] [name of the land]: for instance, Louis, duc d'Orléans ("Louis, duke of ...
Guyandotte is the French spelling of the name of an Indian tribe also known as the Wyandot.) Marion County (named after Francis Marion, Revolutionary War officer of Huguenot descent) Montcalm (named for Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander in the French and Indian War). Ronceverte (Name is derived from two words meaning ...
Guillaume is the French equivalent of William, which is of old Germanic origin from wille + helm (resolute protector). [1] It is an Oïl form corresponding to Occitan Guilhem and the Catalan form Guillem .
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