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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): singular imperative of tanzen

Definitions

  1. singular imperative of tanzen

Ancestry of “tanz”, step by step

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