Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOne of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany. · Frenchman.
From Middle English Frank, partially from Old English Franca (“a Frank”); and partially from Old French Franc, and/or Latin Francus (“a Frank”), from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”); both maybe from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”). Cognate with Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), Old English franca (“spear, javelin”). Compare Saxon, ultimately a derivative of Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“knife, dagger”). Doublet of franc, frank, and farang.
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