Words that come from Old French “es-”

239 words across 23 languages descend from Old French es- — including afraid, rejoice, rejoicing, scaffold, squat, squatting, squatter, scotch.

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French (107)

English (56)

Old French (19)

Middle English (15)

Middle French (10)

Polish (3)

Romanian (3)

Swedish (2)

Russian (2)

Ido (2)

Danish (2)

German (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Ladino (2)

Portuguese (2)

Anglo-Norman (2)

Italian (1)

Cebuano (1)

Dutch (1)

Norman (1)

Spanish (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)