Etymology

François

Today it means: A male given name from French, equivalent to English Francis. Full definition →

French François ← Medieval Latin Franciscus
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The story

  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromFranciscus
  2. French · borrowed fromFrançois
  3. English todayFrançois

Borrowed from French François, from Medieval Latin Franciscus (from Francia + -iscus).

Words from the same roots

Medieval LatinFranciscus all →

Francis

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.