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
- 1578, George Gascoigne, "A Moonshine Banquet" in...
Ancestry of “dan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | dam | lord; mother; woman of rank, lady; mistress of a... |
| 2 | Old English | damm | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *damm | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dammaz | dam |