Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·French ·1750s
Sangfroid
from sang-froid
- Meaning
- Cold blood — composure under pressure.
- Source word
- sang-froid
- Route into English
- French aristocratic register → English via 18th-c. memoirs and dueling literature.
- Arrived
- 1750s
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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