Etymograph

English

Francisca

Francisca comes from Latin francus ‘Frankish, of or pertaining to the Franks’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *frankô.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*frankô‘a Frank’reconstructed
  2. Frankishc. 250–700*Frankōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrancus‘Frankish, of or pertaining to the Franks’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEFrancia
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEFrancisca
  6. pt,esmodernsame form
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1935same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*frankô‘a Frank’reconstructed
  2. Frankishc. 250–700*Frankōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrancus‘Frankish, of or pertaining to the Franks’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEFrancia
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEFrancisca
  6. pt,esmodernsame form
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1935same form

Earliest quotation: 1935, Miss Howland’s Plans. She Will Be Married April 27 to Willla: “Friends here of Miss Francisca Howland have received invitations…”

Linked words

through Latin francus ‘Frankish, of or pertaining to the Franks’

frank, franchise, 6 more

Today it means

name A female given name from Portuguese or from Spanish [in turn from Latin], equivalent to English Frances.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *frankô / Francisca

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