faquin
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Italian facchino (“roughness, indelicacy”).[1] Or, from Middle French facque (from Middle Dutch fac (“compartment, closed space”), corresponding to modern Dutch vak) + -in.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]faquin m (plural faquins)
Descendants
[edit]- → Spanish: faquín
References
[edit]- ^ Brachet, A. (1873) “faquin”, in Kitchin, G. W., transl., Etymological dictionary of the French language (Clarendon Press Series), 1st edition, London: Oxford/MacMillan and Co.
- ^ “faquin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
[edit]- “faquin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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