Old French

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Romance language historical language medieval language

Old French was the medieval Romance language spoken in northern France and surrounding regions, which served as the linguistic ancestor of modern French and significantly influenced English after the Norman Conquest.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Oïl languages 2
Old French (Gallo-Romance varieties) 1
Old French literature 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Romance language ⓘ
historical language ⓘ
medieval language ⓘ
ancestorOf Anglo-Norman GENERATED ⓘ
French GENERATED ⓘ
Gallo language GENERATED ⓘ
Guernésiais GENERATED ⓘ
Jèrriais GENERATED ⓘ
Norman language GENERATED ⓘ
Picard language GENERATED ⓘ
Walloon GENERATED ⓘ
derivedFrom spoken Latin in Gaul GENERATED ⓘ
endTime circa 14th century GENERATED ⓘ
era medieval period GENERATED ⓘ
followedBy Middle French GENERATED ⓘ
Modern French GENERATED ⓘ
follows Vulgar Latin GENERATED ⓘ
glottocode oldf1239 GENERATED ⓘ
hasDialect Burgundian GENERATED ⓘ
Champenois GENERATED ⓘ
Francien GENERATED ⓘ
Norman GENERATED ⓘ
Picard GENERATED ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor Chrétien de Troyes GENERATED ⓘ
Jean de Meun GENERATED ⓘ
Marie de France GENERATED ⓘ
hasNotableWork Lancelot-Grail cycle GENERATED ⓘ
Roman de la Rose GENERATED ⓘ
The Song of Roland GENERATED ⓘ
influenced English language GENERATED ⓘ
Middle English GENERATED ⓘ
ISO639-3 fro GENERATED ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages GENERATED ⓘ
Romance languages GENERATED ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceOn English culinary vocabulary ⓘ
English governmental vocabulary ⓘ
English legal vocabulary GENERATED ⓘ
officialStatus language of administration in medieval France GENERATED ⓘ
language of the English royal court after the Norman Conquest GENERATED ⓘ
language of the royal court of France GENERATED ⓘ
region Burgundy GENERATED ⓘ
Champagne GENERATED ⓘ
Crusader states GENERATED ⓘ
England GENERATED ⓘ
Normandy GENERATED ⓘ
Picardy GENERATED ⓘ
Wallonia GENERATED ⓘ
northern France GENERATED ⓘ
Île-de-France GENERATED ⓘ
significantEvent Norman Conquest of England GENERATED ⓘ
startTime circa 9th century GENERATED ⓘ
subclassOf Gallo-Romance language GENERATED ⓘ
Indo-European language GENERATED ⓘ
Vulgar Latin descendant GENERATED ⓘ
usedIn administrative records GENERATED ⓘ
chivalric romance literature GENERATED ⓘ
epic poetry GENERATED ⓘ
legal documents GENERATED ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet GENERATED ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French → ancestor → Old French ⓘ
Palmer → derivesFrom → Old French ⓘ
Law French → developedFrom → Old French ⓘ
Middle French → developedFrom → Old French ⓘ
Popular Latin → developedInto → Old French ⓘ
Eleanor → etymologicalOrigin → Old French ⓘ
Spencer → etymologicalOrigin → Old French ⓘ
Courtney → etymologyLanguage → Old French ⓘ
Bertrand → etymologyOrigin → Old French ⓘ
Farmer → etymologyRootLanguage → Old French ⓘ
Middle French → follows → Old French ⓘ
Jèrriais → hasAncestor → Old French ⓘ
Turner → hasEtymologicalRoot → Old French ⓘ
Arthurian legend → hasLanguage → Old French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old French literature
Gilbert → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Old French ⓘ
Wallace → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Old French ⓘ
Outremer → hasLanguageOrigin → Old French ⓘ
Bernard → hasOrigin → Old French ⓘ
Curtis → hasOrigin → Old French ⓘ
Guy → hasOrigin → Old French ⓘ
Montgomery → hasOrigin → Old French ⓘ
Warner → hasOrigin → Old French ⓘ
Fay → hasPossibleOrigin → Old French ⓘ
Old Frankish → influenced → Old French ⓘ
Carolingian Empire → language → Old French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old French (Gallo-Romance varieties)
subject surface form: Houmout
House of Valois → language → Old French ⓘ
Normans → language → Old French ⓘ
Jèrriais → languageFamily → Old French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oïl languages
Kings of France → languageOfCourt → Old French ⓘ
Rollo → languageSpoken → Old French ⓘ
Duchy of Anjou → languageUsed → Old French ⓘ
Anglo-Norman → subclassOf → Old French ⓘ
Law French → subclassOf → Old French ⓘ
Walloon language → subgroup → Old French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oïl languages