Old French

E17608

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Old French canonical	102
Oïl languages	2
Old French (Gallo-Romance varieties)	1
Old French Alice	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 (107)

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

Normans → language → Old French ⓘ

Eleanor → etymologicalOrigin → Old French ⓘ

Anglo-Norman → subclassOf → Old French ⓘ

Bertrand → etymologyOrigin → Old French ⓘ

Popular Latin → developedInto → Old French ⓘ

French → ancestor → Old French ⓘ

Kings of France → languageOfCourt → Old French ⓘ

Warner → hasOrigin → Old French ⓘ

Rollo → languageSpoken → Old French ⓘ

Walloon language → subgroup → Old French ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oïl languages

Curtis → hasOrigin → Old French ⓘ

Bernard → hasOrigin → Old French ⓘ

Montgomery → hasOrigin → Old French ⓘ

Fay → hasPossibleOrigin → Old French ⓘ

Jèrriais → languageFamily → Old French ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oïl languages

Jèrriais → hasAncestor → Old French ⓘ

Wallace → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Old French ⓘ

House of Valois → language → Old French ⓘ

Farmer → etymologyRootLanguage → Old French ⓘ

King Arthur's Britain → hasLanguageContext → Old French ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old French literature

Turner → hasEtymologicalRoot → Old French ⓘ

Palmer → derivesFrom → Old French ⓘ

Carolingian Empire → language → Old French ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old French (Gallo-Romance varieties)

Marie de France → languageOfWorkOrName → Old French ⓘ

Duchy of Anjou → languageUsed → Old French ⓘ

Law French → subclassOf → Old French ⓘ

Law French → developedFrom → Old French ⓘ

Guy → hasOrigin → Old French ⓘ

Arthurian legend → hasLanguage → Old French ⓘ

Old Frankish → influenced → Old French ⓘ

Spencer → etymologicalOrigin → Old French ⓘ

Courtney → etymologyLanguage → Old French ⓘ

Houmout (historically associated with the Black Prince) → language → Old French ⓘ

subject surface form: Houmout

Middle French → follows → Old French ⓘ

Middle French → developedFrom → Old French ⓘ

Gilbert → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Old French ⓘ

Outremer → hasLanguageOrigin → Old French ⓘ

Allen → etymologyFromLanguage → Old French ⓘ

lords of Orange → hasLanguage → Old French ⓘ

subject surface form: Lords of Orange

Count of Rouen → hasLanguage → Old French ⓘ

Old French sire → language → Old French ⓘ

Champenois → ancestor → Old French ⓘ

Hughes → isDerivedFromLanguage → Old French ⓘ

Dufour → etymologicalLanguage → Old French ⓘ

Counts of Anjou → language → Old French ⓘ

Poppa of Bayeux → languageOfUse → Old French ⓘ

House of Anjou → languageUsed → Old French ⓘ

Raymond → languageOfOrigin → Old French ⓘ

Hugh Capet → languageOfWorkOrName → Old French ⓘ

House of Burgundy → languageOfUse → Old French ⓘ