Editing Norman language (section)

===Influence of Norman on English language=== 

Following the [[Norman conquest of England]] in 1066, the Norman and other languages and dialects spoken by the new rulers of England were used during several hundred years, developing into the unique insular dialect now known as [[Anglo-Norman French]], and leaving traces of specifically Norman words that can be distinguished from the equivalent lexical items in French:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! English !! Norman French !! French  
|-
| cabbage || < caboche || = chou (cf. ''caboche'')
|-
| castle || < castel (borrowed from Occitan) || = château-fort, castelet  
|-
| catch || < cachier (now cachi)<ref>''Oxford English Dictionary.'' "Catch"</ref> || = chasser
|-
| cater || < acater || = acheter
|-
|cattle
|< *cate(-l)
|= ''cheptel'' (Old French ''chetel'')
|-
| cauldron || < caudron || = chaudron
|-
| causeway || < caucie (now cauchie)<ref>''Oxford English Dictionary.'' "Causeway"</ref> || = chaussée
|-
| cherry (ies) || < cherise (chrise, chise) || = cerise
|-
| fashion || < faichon || = façon
|-
|fork
|< fouorque
|= fourche
|-
|garden
|< gardin
|= jardin
|-
|kennel
|< kenil
|''='' chenil (Vulgar Latin ''*canile'')
|-
| mug || < mogue/moque<ref>The ''Oxford English Dictionary.'' entry on "Mug¹" states that the origin of this word is uncertain—it may have been a borrowing from Norman, or it may have come from another source, and been reinforced through Norman.</ref> || = mug, boc
|-
|pocket
|< pouquette
|= poche
|-
| poor || < paur || = pauvre
|-
| wait || < waitier (Old Norman) || = gaitier (mod. guetter)
|-
| war || < werre (Old Norman) || = guerre
|-
| warrior || < werreur (Old Norman) || = guerrier
|-
| wicket || < viquet || = guichet (cf. ''piquet'')
|}

Other borrowings, such as ''canvas'', ''captain'', ''cattle'' and ''kennel'', exemplify how Norman retained Latin /k/ that was not retained in French.

In the United Kingdom, Acts of Parliament are confirmed with the words "[[Le Roy le veult]]" ("The King wishes it") and other Norman phrases are used on formal occasions as legislation progresses.