Etymology

Frenchness

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Today it means: The quality or characteristic of being French. Full definition →

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

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

From French + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.