Where does “afrotanssi” come from?

afrotanssi (Finnish) comes from Finnish tanssi, from Swedish dans, from Old French dance, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.

afrotanssi (Finnish): African dance, afro dance

Definitions

  1. African dance, afro dance

Ancestry of “afrotanssi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtanssidance; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Swedishdansdance
3Old Frenchdancedance
4Old Frenchdancierto dance
5Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →