Franc
French
noun
Definitions
- Frank member of a people that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French franc (noble) inherited from Old French franc (free, sincere, genuine) inherited from Latin Francus (a Frank, Frank) derived from Frankish *Franko (a Frank) derived from Proto-Germanic *frankô (javelin, spear, Frank).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*frankô
Gloss
javelin, spear, Frank
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
戈
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- frank English
- Franc Latin
- Francemiri Latin
- Franciscus Latin
- Francolini Latin
- Franconia Latin
- Francus Latin
- Francus, francus Latin
- Francī Latin
- francensis Latin
- franciscus Latin
- francus Latin
- francēnsis Latin
- franco Italian
- franc French
- *prAng- Proto-Indo-European
- *preng- Proto-Indo-European
- *frankô Proto-Germanic
- franca Old English
- Franc Irish
- frakka Old Norse
- frakkar Old Norse
- إفرنجي Arabic
- إفرنجي, إِفْرَنْج Arabic
- Franc Old French
- franc Old French
- franceis Old French
- franchise Old French
- फ़िरंग Hindi
- francada Galician
- franc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- frânc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- فرنگ Persian
- فرنگی Persian
- ฝรั่ง Thai
- Franko Old High German
- franc Norman
- franc Middle High German
- franc Middle French
- *frankō gmw-pro
- *Frank Frankish
- *Franko Frankish
- *Frankō Frankish
- *frankisk Frankish
- *frankō Frankish