English

frenchify

From French + -ify.

Formed from French + -ify

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

Today it means

verb To make French or more French-like in any way.

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

Etymograph / frenchify