so an interesting thing about french is that

we take many words from that language, and often, when there’s an accent circonflexe over a vowel (in french), if there’s a word related to it in english, it will be transformed into an “s” after that same vowel. i made a list and it’s striking when you get a bunch of them together:

quête —> quest
fenêtre (window) —> fenestrate
côté (side) —> coast
honnête —> honest
abîme —> abyss
coûte —> cost
fête (party) —> festival
bête —> beast