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Where does “danse” come from?

danse (French) comes from French danser, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.

danse (French): dance; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. dance; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “danse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdanserto dance
2Old Frenchdancierto dance
3Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—

Words derived from “danse”

  • contre-dance
  • contredanse
  • country-dance
  • contraddanza
  • danza
  • contredanse
  • dans
  • dans
  • dansçı
  • dans
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