How do French words like “cul-de-sac” and “hors d’oeuvres“ end up part of the English language without being translated to English words?
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They’re called loan words. They exist in every language. Many of the words you use today and think of as English words are actually loan words that found their way into English centuries ago, so they “officially” became a part of it.
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