Where does “danced” come from?
Danced comes from Middle English dauncen, from Anglo-Norman dancer, ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic and Proto-Indo-European roots related to motion or movement.
danced (English): simple past tense and past participle of dance
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of dance
Ancestry of “danced”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ed | Used to form past tenses of verbs. In... |
| 2 | Middle English | -ed | Alternative form of -hede |
| 3 | Old English | -ed | formed into the likeness of, made into, shaped... |
Words derived from “danced”