L-U   L-U  

The letter 'L', placed between a vowel and a consonant (or at the end of a word), often became 'U' in modern French. Since English borrowed most of those words before that transformation even took place, it generally retained the original Latin 'L', as did Italian and Spanish (but not Portuguese).

alb → aube
alter → autre
altitude → hautain
caldron → chaudron
castle → château
culpable → coupable
morsel → morceau
novel → nouveau
salsa → sauce
salvation → sauver

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Ca-Cha: Ca-Cha
Ct-It: Ct-It
C-Y: C-Y
Wa-Ga: Wa-Ga
S-Consonne-E: S-Consonant-E
L-U: L-U

© Renaud Bouret