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Where does “dansa” come from?

dansa (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse dansa, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.

dansa (Icelandic): to dance

Definitions

  1. to dance

Ancestry of “dansa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsedansa—
2Old Frenchdancierto dance
3Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →