Where does “Tanzkurs” come from?

Tanzkurs (German) comes from German Kurs, from Italian corso, from Latin cohors, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Tanzkurs (German): dancing class

Definitions

  1. dancing class

Ancestry of “Tanzkurs”, step by step

Tanzkurs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kurs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKurscourse; exchange rate, market price
2Italiancorsocourse; stream, waterway; avenue
3Latincohorsa court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or...
4Latinco-allomorph of con-
5Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
6Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
7Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
8Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via German tanz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantanzsingular imperative of tanzen
2Middle High Germantanz
3Old Frenchdancedance
4Old Frenchdancierto dance
5Vulgar Latin*dantiāre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-
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