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From: Paul Eggleton <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] Origin of nee
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 09:58:05 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <000a01c39135$28e81b20$6500a8c0@DI640>


This is only a guess but back in the dark ages - 1300's and 1400's - the well born people all spoke French - a legacy of Normandy. So perhaps nee became entrenched in the English language from then.

Paul

Ken Boyce <> wrote:
Anyone care to take a stab at explaining how the use of "nee" came about. - and I know it is of French origin meaning birth

Ken Boyce
Burnaby
British Columbia, Canada
Researching PERRIS of London BOYCE of Herts



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