Where does “franchisor” come from?
Franchisor derives from English franchise, from Middle English franchisen, from Old French franchir meaning to free, from Old French -ise, from Latin Francus, from Latin -ia, from Ancient Greek -ία, from Proto-Indo-European prAng-.
franchisor (English): A company which, or person who, grants franchises
Definitions
- A company which, or person who, grants franchises
Ancestry of “franchisor”, step by step
franchisor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English franchise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | franchise | The right to vote at a public election or... |
| 2 | Middle English | franchise | freedom, franchise |
| 3 | Old French | franchise | freedom; nobleness; chivalry |
| 4 | Old French | -ise | used to form feminine nouns, often denoting a... |
| 5 | Latin | -itia | -ness, -ity |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |