Where does “néptáncos” come from?

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

néptáncos (Hungarian): folk dancer

Definitions

  1. folk dancer

Ancestry of “néptáncos”, step by step

néptáncos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian táncos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantáncosdancer
2Hungariantáncdance
3Germantanzsingular imperative of tanzen
4Middle High Germantanz
5Old Frenchdancedance
6Old Frenchdancierto dance
7Vulgar Latin*dantiāre

via Hungarian nép

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannéppeople
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāreEvery word from Old French dancierEvery word from Old French dance