“Youd be surprised at how many English words come from the French.”
Quite a few, actually...as well as German, Spanish, and many other languages, which is why I think English is the most flexible language, but also the most difficult to learn.
Besides, the comment was an obscure reference to a classic movie.
I think I read somewhere that English is only about 40% Anglo-Saxon (maybe eve a lower %) the remaining majority Romance primarily Norman French. (Percentage-wise there is an insignificant amount of remnant Celtic!)