English
Frenchism
From French + -ism.
A compound of French + -ism
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
first attested First attested in 1750 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1750.
Today it means
noun A custom peculiar to France.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Frenchism