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Where does “по-французски” come from?

по-французски (Russian) comes from Russian францу́зский, from Russian францу́з, from Polish Francuz, from German Franzose, from Old French françois, from Old French -ois, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum — to turn.

по-французски (Russian): in French

Definitions

  1. in French

Ancestry of “по-французски”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianфранцу́зскийFrench
2Russianфранцу́з—
3PolishFrancuzFrenchman
4GermanFranzoseFrenchman; monkey wrench
5Old FrenchfrançoisFrench; the French language
6Old French-oisused to form nationalities; used to form names of...
7Latin-ensisOf or from
8Latinarvumfield; farm land
9Latincolō—
10Latinquelō—
11Proto-Italickʷelō—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
13Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
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