GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT
Foreign language is not just a subject learnt in the classroom, it is a tool used for
communication by real people in real situations. An international vocabulary in any language
changes due to the development of economy, science, education etc. Everything depends on time.
The same is in English. Etymologically the vocabulary of any language consists of two groups,
the native words and the borrowed words. It is obvious that in its 15 century long history
recorded in written manuscripts, the English language happened to come in long and close
contact with several other languages, mainly Latin, French and Old Norse (or Scandinavian).
The etymological linguistic analysis showed that the borrowed stock of words is larger than the
native stock of words. Sequel to all the submissions, the purpose of our research work is to study
French borrowings in the modern English language.
KEYWORDS: Etymological survey, word-stock, borrowings, French borrowings