Where does “Falcon” come from?
Falcon comes from Spanish Falcón, which derives from a source meaning "sickle-shaped" or referring to the bird's curved talons, though the exact etymology of the Spanish term remains uncertain.
Falcon (English): A place name
Definitions
- A place name
Ancestry of “Falcon”, step by step
Falcon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English faucoun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | faucoun | A peregrine falcon or any other bird of prey... |
| 2 | Old French | falcun | Alternative form of faucon |
| 3 | Late Latin | falco | falcon |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | falkō | falcon |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | falkô | falcon |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 7 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |