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Where does “Francis” come from?

Francis is an English name derived from Latin Franciscus, formed from the Latin suffix -iscus applied to Francus, ultimately from Frankish Franko and the Proto-Indo-European root prAng-.

Ancestry of “Francis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinFranciscusFrench; Frankish
2Latinfrancianominative plural of francium; accusative plural...
3Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “Francis”

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