French association with "high class" goes a long ways back, including to when Br...

		fouc on Feb 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Words known better by males than females, and vice... French association with "high class" goes a long ways back, including to when Brittania was under Norman rule in the early 1000s. Much of the loan words from Old French are considered classier compared to equivalent words from Old english https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_with_dua...

Exactly. This is most likely the cause.