Comment by xwolfi
4 months ago
I know this word, it's French and it means coastline, coastal, something at the edge of the land and sea ! We use it in French a lot to describe positively a long coastline. I'm surprised it's used in an English context, but all French words can be used in English I guess if you're a bit "confiant" about it !
A very quick search suggests that the word entered English before French. (I could be wrong, I just found it interesting).
It is a latin word.
Is also a Spanish word used today.
There is not much latin wrote around the world nowdays.
The point is that english didn't get it from french. Both languages got it from latin. Please concentrate.