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Where does “FN” come from?

FN is an acronym from English derived from Fabrique Nationale, the Belgian firearms manufacturer whose name appears on rifles including the FAL model.

FN (English): Initialism of footnote; Diminutive of FN-FAL;...

Definitions

  1. Initialism of footnote; Diminutive of FN-FAL;...

Ancestry of “FN”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFN-FALthe NATO standard assault rifle
Every word from English FN-FAL →