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LaMotte (surname)
Motte, la Motte, de la Motte, and LaMotte are French language, French surnames. The Portuguese and Spanish version is Mota (surname), Mota, and the Italian version is Motta (surname), Motta. Notable people with the surname include: *Antoine Houdar de la Motte (1672–1731), French author *August de la Motte (1713–1788), Hanoverian general *Benjamin Motte (1693–1738), English publisher *Benjamin Motte Sr. (died 1710), English publisher *Bernard Lamotte (1903–1983), French artist *Camille du Bois de la Motte (fl. 1789), French marchioness *Capucine Motte (born 1971), Belgian writer *Clarence Petersen de la Motte (1892–?), Australian sailor *Diether de la Motte (1928–2010), German musician, composer, music theorist, and academic teacher *Edme Joachim Bourdois de La Motte (1754–1835), French doctor *Ellen N. La Motte (1873–1961), American nurse, journalist and author *Étienne Lamotte (1903–1983), Belgian priest and indologist *François Henri de la Motte (died 1781), F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French ( Francien) largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the ( Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language in 29 countries across multiple continents, most of which are members of the ''Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
