Etymology

Anglo-French

Today it means: Of or pertaining to England and France or the people thereof. Full definition →

English French ← Middle English Frensch ← Old English Frencisċ
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The story

  1. EnglishAnglo-
  2. Proto-Germanic*frankô
  3. Proto-West Germanic*Frankō
  4. Proto-West Germanic*Frankisk
  5. Old EnglishFrencisċ
  6. Middle EnglishFrensch
  7. EnglishFrench
  8. English todayAnglo-French

From Anglo- + French.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.