The story
- Middle French · derived fromNouvelle France
- French · calque ofNouvelle-France
- English todayNew France
From new + France. Calque of French Nouvelle-France. From Middle French Nouvelle France.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
New France
Today it means: A group of former French colonies in North America, existing from 1534 to 1763 in much of modern eastern Canada and the United States. Full definition →
French Nouvelle-France ← Middle French Nouvelle France