English

Villefranche

Villefranche comes from French Villefranche.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of ville ‘town, city’ + franc ‘free’

Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- ‘settlement’

Proto-Italic *weikslā

Latin vīlla ‘country house’

Old French ville ‘city or town’

Middle French ville ‘city or town’

French ville ‘town, city’

Late Latin Francus ‘a Frank’

Old French franc ‘free, genuine, sincere’

Middle French franc ‘franc’

French franc ‘free’

Every English word from French Villefranche

name Several settlements in France, mostly with affixes.

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