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Where does “françois” come from?

françois (Old French) comes from Old French -ois, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

françois (Old French): French; the French language

Definitions

  1. French; the French language

Ancestry of “françois”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old French-oisused to form nationalities; used to form names of...
2Latin-ensisOf or from
3Latinarvumfield; farm land
4Latincolō—
5Latinquelō—
6Proto-Italickʷelō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “françois”

  • francais
  • francese
  • filofrancese
  • protofrancese
  • antifrancese
  • francesistica
  • anglofrancese
  • francesizzare
  • francesizzazione
  • ancien français
  • antifrançais
  • françaisement
  • français
  • Mittelfranzösisch
  • altfranzösisch
  • französisch
  • Altfranzösisch
  • Französisch
  • mittelfranzösisch
  • Oudfrans
  • Middelfrans
  • Frans
  • Fransman
  • Fransız
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