why in island 's' is silent?
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ISLAND 'S' IS SILENT...
ISLAND 'S' IS SILENT...REASON
Island comes from Middle English iland. However, the spelling was modified in the 15th century due to an incorrect association with the French loanword isle.
Answer:
Island :-
's' is not pronounce in pronunciation. Because it's a French spelling. In French language 's' is not pronounced . so the English adopt both the French spelling and the French pronunciation.
the french would have pronounce to the 's' in this and many other words up until about the time of norman invasion (1066). but the 's' gradually ceased to be pronounced thereafter, although it continue to appear in written form. by the 18th century, all these non - phonetic spelling moved the academic francaise to strike the 's' from the official spelling of these words and mark the change by placeing a circumflex asset over the vowel preceding the stricken 's' .
so now the French spelling is "ila" , but the phantom 's' lives in our "Island".