Where does “Francophonic” come from?
Francophonic (English) comes from English phonic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.
Francophonic (English): Resembling or relating to the sounds of French;...
Definitions
- Resembling or relating to the sounds of French;...
Ancestry of “Francophonic”, step by step
Francophonic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English phonic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | phonic | Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of... |
| 2 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 3 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 4 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 6 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 7 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 8 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 9 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English Franco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Franco | A French person |
| 2 | Italian | Franco | general Franco |
| 3 | French | Franc | Frank |
| 4 | Middle French | franc | franc; noble |
| 5 | Old French | Franc | French |
| 6 | Latin | francus | franc; a Frenchman; Frank, of or pertaining to... |
| 7 | Frankish | frank | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | frankô | spear, javelin; a Frank |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | prAng- | pole, stalk |