English

Frenchperson

From French + person.

A compound of French + person

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

Latin persōna ‘mask; character, role’

Anglo-Norman parsone

Middle English persoun

Today it means

noun A person of a French ancestry or a French nationality.

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

Etymograph / Frenchperson