Etymology

fiance

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Today it means: To betroth; to affiance. Full definition →

Middle English fyancen ← Middle French fiancer
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The story

  1. Middle French · derived fromfiancer
  2. Middle English · inherited fromfyancen
  3. English todayfiance

From Middle English fyancen, fyauncen, from Middle French fiancer.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.