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Questions about words borrowed by English from another language.
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Why isn't "connoisseur" spelled "connaisseur"?
From what I gathered on the Web, "connoisseur" is spelled that way because it is derived from the Old French verb "connoître" (to know) which has been spelled "connaître" for close to two centuries. T …
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