Where does “américançais” come from?
américançais (French) comes from French Français, from Middle French françois, from Old French françois, from Old French -ois, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō — to turn.
américançais (French): a form of the French language incorporating an excessive amount of words from American English
Definitions
- a form of the French language incorporating an excessive amount of words from American English
Ancestry of “américançais”, step by step
américançais traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French Français
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Français | Frenchman; Anybody with French ancestry or who is... |
| 2 | Middle French | françois | Alternative form of françoys |
| 3 | Old French | françois | French; the French language |
| 4 | Old French | -ois | used to form nationalities; used to form names of... |
| 5 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 6 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 7 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 8 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via French américain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | américain | pertaining to America or the American people;... |
| 2 | French | Amérique | — |
| 3 | New Latin | America | — |
| 4 | Italian | Amerigo | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *Amalarīks | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | Haimarīks | Henry |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rīks | king, ruler |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | rīxs | king |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |