English
French bread
From French + bread, from being the stereotypical type of bread associated with France.
Proto-Germanic *frankô ‘spear’
Proto-West Germanic *Frankō ‘a Frank’
Old English Franca ‘a Frank’
Old English Frencisc ‘of the Franks, Frankish, French’
Middle English French
English French
Proto-Germanic *braudą
Proto-West Germanic *braud
Old English brēad ‘fragment’
Middle English bred ‘bread’
English bread
Today it means
noun Synonym of baguette: a long thin loaf of bread with a thick crust and often having large bubbles of air inside, popular in and associated with France.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French bread