Frances

Morpheme

Frances

Type

free base

Denotation

female proper name, feminine form of Francis, Frenchwoman, Frank

Etymology

Middle English Fraunceys, Frauncis; Old French Franceise, from Franceis, François; Latin Franciscus, from Francia +‎ -iscus, from francus +‎ -ia

Evidence

Frances

Notes

Francesca and Frances are doublets