langue d'oïl

(doilˈ, doiˈ, dô-ēlˈ)

noun
The Romance language of medieval France north of the Loire River, on which modern French is based.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: : langue, language; see language

Origin: + de, of; see langue d'oc

Origin: + oil, yes (ultimately from Latin hoc ille (fēcit), he (did) this : hoc, this; see Occitan + ille, he; see al-1 in Indo-European roots)

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