Where does “danger” come from?
Danger comes from Middle English daunger, from Old French dangier, from Vulgar Latin domnarium, from Latin dominium meaning "lordship" or "power," derived from dominus meaning "master" or "lord," ultimately from domus meaning "house" and the Proto-Indo-European root dṓm.
danger (English): Exposure to likely harm; peril; An instance or...
Definitions
- Exposure to likely harm; peril; An instance or...
Ancestry of “danger”, step by step
danger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English daunger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | daunger | danger |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | dangier | difficulty; problem; danger |
| 3 | Old French | dangier | difficulty; problem; danger |
| 4 | Latin | domniārium | — |
| 5 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 6 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |
via French danger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | danger | danger; jeopardy |