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Where does “francese” come from?

francese (Italian) comes from Old French Franceis, from Latin Franciscus, from Latin francia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

francese (Italian): French; French language; Frenchman, Frenchwoman,...

Definitions

  1. French; French language; Frenchman, Frenchwoman,...

Ancestry of “francese”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchFranceis—
2LatinFranciscusFrench; Frankish
3Latinfrancianominative plural of francium; accusative plural...
4Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “francese”

  • protofrancese
  • francesistica
  • anglofrancese
  • filofrancese
  • francesizzare
  • francesizzazione
  • antifrancese
  • francez
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →