Where does “Tanz” come from?

Tanz (German) comes from Middle High German tanz, from Old French dance, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.

Tanz (German): dance

Definitions

  1. dance

Ancestry of “Tanz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantanz—
2Old Frenchdancedance
3Old Frenchdancierto dance
4Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →