Etymology

Franconia

Fran·co·ni·a
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Today it means: A cultural region and former duchy in Germany, comprising the northern area of modern Bavaria and lands to its immediate west. Full definition →

Medieval Latin Franconia ← Frankish *Frankō ← Proto-Germanic *frankô
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*frankô
  2. Frankish · derived from*Frankō“a Frank”
  3. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromFranconia
  4. English todayFranconia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Franconia, from Francō (“Frank”), from Frankish *Frankō (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô.

Words from the same roots

Frankish*Frankō all →

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Proto-Germanic*frankô all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.