English also has pork and pig, cattle and beef, poultry and chicken. Because of the Norman invasion. https://twitter.com/yourevoltingwen/status/921301670654611456 …
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English has a double vocabulary: Germanic and Latinate. Nothing special about freedom vs liberty!
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Not sure Latinate is the right term but I'm on my phone
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Liberté was big in 1789. Not sure how much so in 1066.
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It derives from libertas. Two languages, two words
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Scope usage on google ngram or whatever and get back to me. The Norman invaders did not arrive shouting, Fraternité, Liberté, Egalité.
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