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Where does “فرانسز” come from?

فرانسز (Ottoman Turkish) 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.

فرانسز (Ottoman Turkish): French; French, Frenchman, Frenchwoman

Definitions

  1. French; French, Frenchman, Frenchwoman

Ancestry of “فرانسز”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchFrançaisFrenchman; Anybody with French ancestry or who is...
2Middle FrenchfrançoisAlternative form of françoys
3Old FrenchfrançoisFrench; the French language
4Old French-oisused to form nationalities; used to form names of...
5Latin-ensisOf or from
6Latinarvumfield; farm land
7Latincolō—
8Latinquelō—
9Proto-Italickʷelō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “فرانسز”

  • Fransız
  • Fransızca
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