Borrowed from Italian Francesca (“Frances”), the feminine form of Francesco (“Francis”), from Late Latin Franciscus, from Francia (“France”) + -iscus (“-ish”). Doublet of…
Borrowed from Italian Callista, a conflation from two sources, both from Ancient Greek:
* From Ancient Greek καλλίστη (kallístē), feminine of κάλλιστος (kállistos), superlative…
Borrowed from Italian Francesca (“Frances”), the feminine form of Francesco (“Francis”), from Late Latin Franciscus, from Francia (“France”) + -iscus (“-ish”). Doublet of…