Where does “dans” come from?
dans (French) comes from Old French denz, from Vulgar Latin de intus, from Latin intus, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
dans (French): in; in, into; in, within
Ancestry of “dans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | denz | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | de intus | Alternative form of deintus |
| 3 | Latin | intus | within, inside; at home |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “dans”