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The word comes from Old French demeine, and there never was an s (so, the original s was in their heads). The word is first attested in "English" (French-English legal code-switching) without <s>, and with various spellings. The non-etymological s is the only s in the word demesne. T

here are a number of words in French that used to have s, which was deleted, and it appears that orthographic <s> was added in these words to indicate that the vowel is long (and, I suppose, that the word is French).

The word comes from Old French demeine, and there never was an s (so, the original s was in their heads). The word is first attested in "English" (French-English legal code-switching) without <s>, and with various spellings. The non-etymological s is the only s in the word demesne.

There are a number of words in French that used to have s, which was deleted, and it appears that orthographic <s> was added in these words to indicate that the vowel is long (and, I suppose, that the word is French).

The word comes from Old French demeine, and there never was an s (so, the original s was in their heads). The word is first attested in "English" (French-English legal code-switching) without <s>, and with various spellings. The non-etymological s is the only s in the word demesne. There are a number of words in French that used to have s, which was deleted, and it appears that orthographic <s> was added in this words to indicate that the vowel is long (and, I suppose, that the word is French).

The word comes from Old French demeine, and there never was an s (so, the original s was in their heads). The word is first attested in "English" (French-English legal code-switching) without <s>, and with various spellings. The non-etymological s is the only s in the word demesne. T

here are a number of words in French that used to have s, which was deleted, and it appears that orthographic <s> was added in these words to indicate that the vowel is long (and, I suppose, that the word is French).

The word comes from Old French demeine, and there never was an s (so, the original s was in their heads). The word is first attested in "English" (French-English legal code-switching) without , and with various spellings. The non-etymological s is the only s in the word demesne. There are a number of words in French that used to have s, which was deleted, and it appears that orthographic was added in this words to indicate that the vowel is long (and, I suppose, that the word is French).

The word comes from Old French demeine, and there never was an s (so, the original s was in their heads). The word is first attested in "English" (French-English legal code-switching) without <s>, and with various spellings. The non-etymological s is the only s in the word demesne. There are a number of words in French that used to have s, which was deleted, and it appears that orthographic <s> was added in this words to indicate that the vowel is long (and, I suppose, that the word is French).