France – Wikipedia

Originally applied to the whole Frankish Empire, the name France comes from the Latin Francia, or ‘realm of the Franks ‘. [10] The name of the Franks is related to the English word frank (‘free’): the latter stems from the Old French franc (‘free, noble, sincere’), and ultimately from the Medieval Latin word francus (‘free, exempt from service; a freeman, a Frank’), a generalisation of the …

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