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Francis (surname)
Francis is an English language, English surname of Latin origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Alun Francis (born 1943), Welsh conductor * Anne Francis (1930–2011), was an American actress * Arlene Francis (1907–2001), American actress * Armet Francis (born 1945), Jamaican-born photographer based in London * Barrington Francis, Jamaican/Canadian boxer of the 1980s and 1990s * Black Francis (born 1965), American musician * Bowden Francis (born 1996), American baseball player * Camden Francis (born 2003), American philanthropist & public speaker * Clare Francis (born 1946), British author * Claudius Francis (born 1959), Saint Lucian politician * Connie Francis (born 1938), American pop singer * David Rowland Francis (1850–1927), American politician, Mayor of Saint Louis, Governor of Missouri, U.S. Secretary of the Interior * Damien Francis, (born 1979), English-born Jamaican footballer * Danusia Francis, (born 1994), British gymnast * David Francis (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
