English Explanatory Dictionary

Franklyn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A rural locality in Goyder council area, Mid North region, South Australia.

Word forms

Franklyn Franklyns

Etymology

From Middle English Frankeleyn, Frankelein, from Middle English frankeleyn, frankelein, frankelyng (“a landowner, freeman, gentleman”), from Anglo-Norman fraunclein, of obscure formation; probably from Medieval Latin francus (“free”) + Old French -lenc (“-ling”). By surface analysis, frank + -ling.

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