For the questions below, use either of the following sources for etymological information:
A. Which of the titles of nobility below are inherited from Germanic, and which were borrowed from French? For the purposes of this exercise, you don't need to follow the history of the terms further back than Germanic or French/Romance.
king queen marquis, marquess marchioness duke duchess earl countess viscount viscountess Also: emperor empress prince princess baron baroness B. If you were a cultural/social anthropologist, what conclusions might you draw from the linguistic facts about the organization of the governing class in Anglo-Saxon England vs. on the continent (or at least in France)?
A. Which English kinship terms were borrowed from French or show French influence?B. What were the native words that were replaced by the French loanwords?
A. Which of the following number words were borrowed from French?
brace, couple, dozen, first, gross, million, score, second, zero B. Which of the borrowings is the most surprising in your view, and why?