Where does “ranch” come from?

ranch (Haitian Creole) comes from French hanche, from Proto-Germanic hanka.

ranch (Haitian Creole): hip

Definitions

  1. hip

Ancestry of “ranch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhanchehip; coxa
2Proto-Germanichanka—
Every word from Proto-Germanic hanka →Every word from French hanche →