Where does “dagger” come from?

dagger (English) comes from Middle English daggere, from Old French dague, from Italian daga, from Vulgar Latin daca, from Latin Dacia, from Ancient Greek Δάοι — Dai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus.

dagger (English): A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a...

Definitions

  1. A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a...

Ancestry of “dagger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdaggeredagger
2Old Frenchdague—
3Italiandagadagger; A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but...
4Vulgar LatindacaDacian knife; Dacian
5LatinDaciaDenmark; Dacia; greater Romania
6Ancient GreekΔάοιDai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus

Words derived from “dagger”

Every word from Ancient Greek Δάοι →Every word from Latin Dacia →Every word from Vulgar Latin daca →