Where does “néptánc” come from?

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

néptánc (Hungarian): folk dance

Definitions

  1. folk dance

Ancestry of “néptánc”, step by step

néptánc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tánc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantáncdance
2Germantanzsingular imperative of tanzen
3Middle High Germantanz—
4Old Frenchdancedance
5Old Frenchdancierto dance
6Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—

via Hungarian nép

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannéppeople

Words derived from “néptánc”

Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →