The story
- Late Latin · derived fromFranciscus“Frankish”
- Old French · derived fromFranceise
- English todayFrances
From Old French Franceise, feminine form of Franceis, from Late Latin Franciscus (“Frankish”). Doublet of Francesca and Francisca.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.