Where does “daggerless” come from?
daggerless (English) comes from English dagger, 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.
daggerless (English): Without a dagger
Definitions
- Without a dagger
Ancestry of “daggerless”, step by step
daggerless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dagger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dagger | A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a... |
| 2 | Middle English | daggere | dagger |
| 3 | Old French | dague | — |
| 4 | Italian | daga | dagger; A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | daca | Dacian knife; Dacian |
| 6 | Latin | Dacia | Denmark; Dacia; greater Romania |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Δάοι | Dai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus |