radioactive element, 1946, named by French physicist Marguerite Catherine Perey (1909-1975) who first identified it at the Curie Institute in Paris, from Latinized form of France. With metallic element ending -ium.
France
Frances
franchise
Francis
Franciscan
francium
Franco-
Francophile
Francophone
franc-tireur
frangible
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