Where does “dangerous” come from?
Dangerous comes from Middle English daungerous, from Old French dangereus and dangier, from Vulgar Latin domnarium meaning jurisdiction or power, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dṓm meaning house.
dangerous (English): Full of danger; Causing danger; ready to do harm...
Definitions
- Full of danger; Causing danger; ready to do harm...
Ancestry of “dangerous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | dangerous | difficult, severe, domineering, arrogant, fraught... |
| 2 | Old French | dangereus | threatening, difficult |
| 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 |