Notes on the surnames of Francus, Franceis, French, etc. in Scotland

PREFACE.
The authorities consulted in this work were the
abbey records, the principal antiquarian authorities,
and published and unpublished public records.
In regard to the early use of these surnames in
France and Scotland, some remarks seem appropriate
in this place. From the Latin word " Francus," with
the addition of the suffixes, we have the following
compound words,—" Franc-ensis," " Franc-iscus," and
" Franci-gena."
The change of Francensis to the modern Les
Francais is not only interesting as regards the
changes of a word in the language of France, but
also of some value as bearing on the commencement
and continued use of these surnames.
The suffix ensis in Franc-ensis implies nationality
in Latin ; and we observe, according to M. Brachet,
that by reducing the ns to i we have Francesis, then
Francisis in the seventh century, Franceis in the
tenth century, at its end ei becomes 6i, and we have