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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of frank" class="word__name--TTbAA">frank<!-- --> <!-- -->(adj.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>c. 1300, "free, liberal, generous;" 1540s, "outspoken," from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">franc</span> "free (not servile); without hindrance, exempt from; sincere, genuine, open, gracious, generous; worthy, noble, illustrious" (12c.), from Medieval Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">francus</span> "free, at liberty, exempt from service," as a noun, "a freeman, a Frank" (see <a href="/word/frank" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Frank " class="crossreference notranslate">Frank</a>).</p> <blockquote> <span class="foreign notranslate">Frank</span>, literally, <span class="foreign notranslate">free</span>; the freedom may be in regard to one's own opinions, which is the same as <span class="foreign notranslate">openness</span>, or in regard to things belonging to others, where the freedom may go so far as to be unpleasant, or it may disregard conventional ideas as to reticence. Hence, while <span class="foreign notranslate">openness</span> is consistent with timidity, <span class="foreign notranslate">frankness</span> implies some degree of boldness. [Century Dictionary] </blockquote> <p>A generalization of the tribal name; the connection is that Franks, as the conquering class, alone had the status of freemen in a world that knew only free, captive, or slave. For sense connection of "being one of the nation" and "free," compare Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">liber</span> "free," from the same root as German <span class="foreign notranslate">Leute</span> "nation, people" (see <a href="/word/liberal#etymonline_v_9466" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of liberal " class="crossreference notranslate">liberal</a> (adj.)) and Slavic "free" words (Old Church Slavonic <span class="foreign notranslate">svobodi</span>, Polish <span class="foreign notranslate">swobodny</span>, Serbo-Croatian <span class="foreign notranslate">slobodan</span>) which are cognates of the first element in English <a href="/word/sibling" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sibling " class="crossreference notranslate">sibling</a> "brother, sister" (in Old English used more generally: "relative, kinsman"). For the later sense development, compare <a href="/word/ingenuity" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ingenuity " class="crossreference notranslate">ingenuity</a>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:c.%201300">c. 1300</a></div></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_40801" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of frank" class="word__name--TTbAA">frank<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>short for <a href="/word/frankfurter" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of frankfurter " class="crossreference notranslate">frankfurter</a>, by 1916, American English. <span class="foreign notranslate">Franks and beans</span> attested by 1953.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1916">1916</a></div></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_40802" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of Frank" class="word__name--TTbAA">Frank<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>one of the Germanic tribal people (Salian Franks) situated on the lower Rhine from 3c. that conquered Romano-Celtic northern Gaul c.500 C.E.; from their territory and partly from their language grew modern France and French. Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">franc</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">franca</span> "freeman, noble; Frank, Frenchman," from Medieval Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">francus</span>, a Late Latin borrowing of Frankish <span class="foreign notranslate">*Frank</span>, the people's self-designation (cognate with Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">Franko</span>, the Latin word also is the source of Spanish and Italian names <span class="foreign notranslate">Franco</span>).</p> <p>The origin of the ethnic name is uncertain; it traditionally is said to be from the old Germanic word <span class="foreign notranslate">*frankon</span> "javelin, lance" (compare Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">franca</span> "lance, javelin"), their preferred weapon, but the reverse may be the case. Compare also <a href="/word/Saxon" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Saxon " class="crossreference notranslate">Saxon</a>, traditionally from root of Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">seax</span> "knife." The adjectival sense of "free, at liberty" (see <a href="/word/frank#etymonline_v_11874" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of frank " class="crossreference notranslate">frank</a> (adj.)) probably developed from the tribal name, not the other way round. It was noted by 1680s that, in the Levant, this was the name given to anyone of Western nationality (compare <a href="/word/Feringhee" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Feringhee " class="crossreference notranslate">Feringhee</a> and <a href="/word/lingua%20franca" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of lingua franca " class="crossreference notranslate">lingua franca</a>).</p></section><span></span></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_40828" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of frank" class="word__name--TTbAA">frank<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>"to free a letter for carriage or an article for publication, to send by public conveyance free of expense," 1708, from shortened form of French <span class="foreign notranslate">affranchir</span>, from <span class="foreign notranslate">a-</span> "to" + <span class="foreign notranslate">franchir</span> "to free" (see <a href="/word/franchise#etymonline_v_40827" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of franchise " class="crossreference notranslate">franchise</a> (v.)). A British parliamentary privilege from 1660-1840; in U.S. Congress, technically abolished 1873. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Franked</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">franking</span>. As a noun, "signature of one entitled to send letters for free," from 1713.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1708">1708</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to frank">Entries linking to <i>frank</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of Feringhee" href="/word/Feringhee#etymonline_v_5859">Feringhee<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>name used in India for "European; Englishman; Portuguese," 1630s, from Persian <span class="foreign notranslate">Farangi</span>, from Arabic <span class="foreign notranslate">Faranji</span> (10c.), from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">Franc</span> "Frank" (see <a href="/word/frank" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Frank " class="crossreference notranslate">Frank</a>) + Arabic ethnic suffix <span class="foreign notranslate">-i</span>. The <span class="foreign notranslate">fr-</span> sound is impossible in Arabic.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of franchise" href="/word/franchise#etymonline_v_40827">franchise<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>late 14c., "to make free," from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">franchiss-</span>, past participle stem of <span class="foreign notranslate">franchir</span> "to free" (12c.), from <span class="foreign notranslate">franc</span> "free" (see <a href="/word/frank#etymonline_v_11874" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of frank " class="crossreference notranslate">frank</a> (adj.)). <span class="foreign notranslate">Franchising</span> is from 1570s; the commercial licensing sense is from 1966. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Franchisee</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">franchiser</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">franchisor</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of frankfurter" href="/word/frankfurter"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">frankfurter</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of ingenuity" href="/word/ingenuity"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">ingenuity</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of liberal" href="/word/liberal"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">liberal</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of lingua franca" href="/word/lingua%20franca"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">lingua franca</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of Saxon" href="/word/Saxon"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">Saxon</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of sibling" href="/word/sibling"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">sibling</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of farang" href="/word/farang"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">farang</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of franc" href="/word/franc"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">franc</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of France" href="/word/France"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">France</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of Francis" href="/word/Francis"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">Francis</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of franc-tireur" href="/word/franc-tireur"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">franc-tireur</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of frankincense" href="/word/frankincense"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">frankincense</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of Frankish" href="/word/Frankish"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">Frankish</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of Franklin" href="/word/Franklin"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">Franklin</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of frankly" href="/word/frankly"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">frankly</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of frankness" href="/word/frankness"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">frankness</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of French" href="/word/French"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">French</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of Franco-" href="/word/Franco-"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">Franco-</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/frank/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->20<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of frank">Trends of <i>frank</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:200px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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noble, generous; willing, zealous" (12c.), and directly from La</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of blurb" href="/word/blurb"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">blurb<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">used by U.S. scholar Brander Matthews in 1906 in "American Character;" popularized 1907 by U.S. humorist Frank Gelett Burgess...The blurb was invented by Frank A....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of pert" href="/word/pert"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">pert<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">apparent to the eye;" early 14c., "attractive, comely, of good appearance," shortened form of Middle English apert "open, frank...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of landau" href="/word/landau"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">landau<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">are complex in construction and liable to get out of order, which prevents their popular use" [Henry William Herbert ("Frank...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of handwriting" href="/word/handwriting"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">handwriting<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">[Frank Leslie's Magazine, August 1884]...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of blunt" href="/word/blunt"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">blunt<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1200, blunt, blont, "dull, obtuse" (of persons), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from or related to Old Norse blundra "to shut one's eyes" (see blunder (v.)). Or from Old English blinnan (past participle blon) "to stop, cease, come to an end." 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Its origin remains one of the great myster</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div class="share-tool socialShare--223YS"><h3 title="Share frank to social networks" class="socialShare__title--34iP2">Share <i>frank</i></h3><div class="cite--1qJ-_ share-cite">‘<!-- -->cite<!-- -->’</div><a title="Share on Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Ffrank" data-social-target="Facebook" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__facebook--2fm3U fa-facebook"></a><a title="Share on Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Ffrank&text=frank%20%7C%20Etymology%20of%20frank%20by%20etymonline" data-social-target="Twitter" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__twitter--1iFxf fa-twitter"></a><a title="Share on Reddit" href="https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Ffrank&title=frank%20%7C%20Etymology%20of%20frank%20by%20etymonline" data-social-target="Reddit" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__reddit--30bBu fa-reddit"></a><a title="Share on Email" href="mailto:?subject=frank%20%7C%20Etymology%20of%20frank%20by%20etymonline&body=%22free%2C%20liberal%2C%20generous%3B%22%201540s%2C%20%22outspoken%2C%22%20from%20Old%20French%20franc%20%22free%20(not%20servile)%3B%E2%80%A6%20See%20origin%20and%20meaning%20of%20frank.%0Afrom%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Ffrank%20Find%20out%20more%20at%20etymonline.com" data-social-target="Email" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__email--3hVBm fa-email"></a><div class="cite__content--3ghsO cite-content"><div class="cite__content_title--3ABWh">Page URL:</div><textarea class="cite__content_textarea--3zgJO cite-textarea" readonly="">https://www.etymonline.com/word/frank</textarea><div class="cite__content_title--3ABWh">HTML Link:</div><textarea class="cite__content_textarea--3zgJO cite-textarea" readonly=""><a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/frank">Etymology of frank by etymonline</a></textarea><div class="cite__content_title--3ABWh">APA style:</div><textarea class="cite__content_textarea--3zgJO cite-textarea" readonly="">Harper, D. 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