Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·French ·1710s
Encore
from encore
- Meaning
- A repeated or additional performance.
- Source word
- encore
- Route into English
- French adverb *encore* (still, again) → English as an exclamation shouted at theatres in the 1710s, then as a noun for the extra performance it produced. Ironically, French audiences do not shout "encore."
- Arrived
- 1710s
From French
Beyond the Norman conquest's Old French foundation, English kept borrowing from French for art, cuisine, fashion, and diplomacy throughout the modern period.
English borrows.
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