Where does “Tanzmusik” come from?

Tanzmusik (German) comes from German musik, from Middle High German mūsic, from Old High German musika, from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική, from Ancient Greek μοῦσα — Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

Tanzmusik (German): dance music

Definitions

  1. dance music

Ancestry of “Tanzmusik”, step by step

Tanzmusik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German musik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmusikmusic
2Middle High Germanmūsic—
3Old High Germanmusika—
4Latinmūsica—
5Ancient Greekμουσικήnominative feminine singular of μουσικός; any of...
6Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

via German tanz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantanzsingular imperative of tanzen
2Middle High Germantanz—
3Old Frenchdancedance
4Old Frenchdancierto dance
5Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—

Words derived from “Tanzmusik”

Every word from Ancient Greek μοῦσα →