The story
- Medieval Latin · borrowed fromFranciscus“Frankish (man); a Frank”
- English todayFrancis
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Franciscus (“Frankish (man); a Frank”), from Francia (“Frankland”)). Doublet of Francisco and Franz.
Words from the same roots
Medieval LatinFranciscus all →
François
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.