Where does “ffa” come from?
ffa (Welsh) comes from Middle Welsh ffa, from Proto-Brythonic fav, from Vietnamese pháp, from Chinese 法蘭西, from French France, from Middle French France, from Old French France, from Latin francia — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
ffa (Welsh): beans
Ancestry of “ffa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Welsh | ffa | — |
| 2 | Proto-Brythonic | fav | — |
| 3 | Vietnamese | pháp | rule; law; standard; method |
| 4 | Chinese | 法蘭西 | — |
| 5 | French | France | — |
| 6 | Middle French | France | — |
| 7 | Old French | France | — |
| 8 | Latin | francia | nominative plural of francium; accusative plural... |
| 9 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 10 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |