Indo-European family

Middle French

c. 1350 CE – 1600 CE Extinct

Middle French (c. 1350 CE – 1600 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → … → Vulgar Latin → Old French → Middle French.

See Middle French on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
frm
Glottocode
midd1316

Transitional stage between Old French and Modern French, marked by loss of the two-case system. Conventionally dated c. 1340–1611.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1,500 BCE – 700 BCE
  3. Proto-Latino-Faliscanc. 1,000 BCE – 700 BCE
  4. Old Latinc. 700 BCE – 100 BCE
  5. Latin100 BCE – 300 CE
  6. Vulgar Latin300 CE – 800 CE
  7. Old French800 CE – 1350 CE
  8. Middle Frenchc. 1350 CE – 1600 CE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Old French.

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