Where does “Fenglish” come from?
Fenglish (English) comes from English Farsi, from Persian فارسی, from Egyptian Arabic فارسي, from Arabic فَارِسِيّ, from Classical Persian پَارْسِی, from Persian پارس, from French paris, from French patrice — -y, -ic.
Fenglish (English): A language that combines Farsi and English
Definitions
- A language that combines Farsi and English
Ancestry of “Fenglish”, step by step
Fenglish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Farsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Farsi | The Persian language; An argot of hijras, or... |
| 2 | Persian | فارسی | Persian, Persic; Persian; Persian, main ethnic... |
| 3 | Egyptian Arabic | فارسي | Persian, Farsi |
| 4 | Arabic | فَارِسِيّ | — |
| 5 | Classical Persian | پَارْسِی | — |
| 6 | Persian | پارس | Persian; a pard; an animal smaller than a leopard... |
| 7 | French | paris | plural of pari |
| 8 | French | patrice | patrician |
| 9 | Latin | Pātricius | patrician, noble |
| 10 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 11 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via English English
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | English | Of or pertaining to England; English-language; of... |
| 2 | French | French | — |
| 3 | English | French | The people of France; groups of French people;... |
| 4 | Middle English | French | — |
| 5 | Old English | Frenċisċ | Frankish |
| 6 | Old English | Franca | Frank, Frenchman; a Frank |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | frankō | spear, javelin; a Frank |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | frankô | spear, javelin; a Frank |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | prAng- | pole, stalk |