Where does “dague” come from?

dague (French) comes from Old French dague, from Italian daga, from Vulgar Latin daca, from Latin Dacia, from Ancient Greek Δάοι — Dai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus.

dague (French): dagger (of the Middle Ages)

Definitions

  1. dagger (of the Middle Ages)

Ancestry of “dague”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdague—
2Italiandagadagger; A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but...
3Vulgar LatindacaDacian knife; Dacian
4LatinDaciaDenmark; Dacia; greater Romania
5Ancient GreekΔάοιDai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus

Words derived from “dague”

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