Word Origin Summary

François is attested in Middle French. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• Fransız

  Turkish · derived from

• ฝรั่งเศส

  Thai · borrowed from

• fransè

  Plateau Haitian Creole · derived from

• fransé

  Louisiana Creole French · inherited from

• phonsáyna

  Taos · derived from

• falansé

  Lingala · borrowed from

• tafṛansist

  Kabyle · derived from

• Fa-lan-sai

  Chinese Pidgin English · borrowed from

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