fanc

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

fanc oblique singular, m (oblique plural fans, nominative singular fans, nominative plural fanc)

  1. mud, filth (also figurative)

Descendants
  • Middle French: fanc

References
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (fanc)
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