Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·French ·1590s
Rendezvous
from rendez-vous — "present yourself"
- Meaning
- Imperative form of the reflexive verb *se rendre*.
- Source word
- rendez-vous — "present yourself"
- Route into English
- Military French: a meeting-point for troops. The romantic sense is an English specialisation that later bled back into French.
- Arrived
- 1590s
From French
Beyond the Norman conquest's Old French foundation, English kept borrowing from French for art, cuisine, fashion, and diplomacy throughout the modern period.
English borrows.
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