fanc
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *fangus, of Germanic origin, either from Proto-Germanic *fanją (“swamp, fen”) or Proto-Germanic *fangō (“mud, swamp”). Cognate with Old Occitan fanc, fang, Italian fango, Spanish fango. Compare also French fagne.
Noun edit
fanc oblique singular, m (oblique plural fans, nominative singular fans, nominative plural fanc)
- mud, filth (also figurative)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Middle French: fanc
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (fanc)