Etymograph

English

Frenchy

From French + -y.

A compound of French + -y

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

Today it means

adj With an exaggerated French manner.

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

Etymograph / Frenchy