Where does “damhsóir” come from?
damhsóir (Irish) comes from Irish damhsa, from Middle English daunce, from Anglo-Norman daunce, from Old French dance, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.
damhsóir (Irish): dancer
Ancestry of “damhsóir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | damhsa | dance; emphatic form of damh: alternative form of... |
| 2 | Middle English | daunce | dance; dancing; dance song |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | daunce | Late Anglo-Norman spelling of dance |
| 4 | Old French | dance | dance |
| 5 | Old French | dancier | to dance |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *dantiāre | — |