Etymology

Frenchy

F4R1E1N1C3H4Y4

Today it means: With an exaggerated French manner. 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 todayFrenchy

From French + -y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.