When did the silent letters in the French language become silent?

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Certain letters in French words are silent primarily due to the evolution of the French language, where pronunciation has changed over time but spelling has not necessarily been updated to match
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French has a lot of silent vowels and consonants. Most of these phenomena happened over more than a millenium, mainly during the Middle Ages (from the “fall” of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Renaissance, although some phenomena also happened during the first centuries AD).
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French has a lot of silent vowels and consonants. Most of these phenomena happened over more than a millenium, mainlyduring the Middle Ages(from the “fall” of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Renaissance, although some phenomena also happened during the first centuries AD). read less
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