Where does “dan” come from?

Dan comes from Japanese 段, borrowed from Chinese 段, which derives from Latin domina, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European dṓm meaning house or building.

dan (English): 1578, George Gascoigne, "A Moonshine Banquet" in...

Definitions

  1. 1578, George Gascoigne, "A Moonshine Banquet" in...

Ancestry of “dan”, step by step

dan traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English dam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdamlord; mother; woman of rank, lady; mistress of a...
2Old Englishdammdam
3Proto-West Germanic*dammdam
4Proto-Germanicdammazdam

via Middle English dan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdandon
2Anglo-Normandaunz—

via Middle English daun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdaun—
Every word from Proto-Germanic dammaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *damm →Every word from Old English damm →