Translations:Wiktionnaire:Actualités/017-août-2016/32/en

Curiosity for etymology is often tied with a political vision and historically, it was mainly to prove that modern language has noble roots and descends from ancient and venerable languages. However a rich part of our lexicon came from slang and from the people Alice Becker-Ho called "dangerous classes." Among those popular etymologies, a large part came from European nomadic cultures, known mainly as Gypsies. They spoke diverse languages, but were in close contact with other Europeans, and many French words come from Romani, such as dèche (broke), bistro, or thune (money). Objectivity in etymology requires a mention of these possible origins, especially when they are so well-described and analyzed. This important piece of work sheds light on a very important aspect of etymology that language purists are not always fond of. Noé, September 9th, 2016.