Words that come from Old French “place”

197 words across 25 languages descend from Old French place — including place, placed, places, replace, replacement, placement, workplace, marketplace.

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English (90)

Dutch (28)

German (24)

French (17)

Afrikaans (6)

Danish (4)

Serbo-Croatian (3)

Swedish (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Finnish (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Polish (1)

Russian (1)

Greek (1)

Welsh (1)

Pijin (1)

Czech (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Middle English (1)

Spanish (1)

Yiddish (1)

Middle High German (1)