Where does “damhsa” come from?

damhsa (Irish) comes from Middle English daunce, from Anglo-Norman daunce, from Old French dance, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.

damhsa (Irish): dance; emphatic form of damh: alternative form of...

Definitions

  1. dance; emphatic form of damh: alternative form of...

Ancestry of “damhsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdauncedance; dancing; dance song
2Anglo-NormandaunceLate Anglo-Norman spelling of dance
3Old Frenchdancedance
4Old Frenchdancierto dance
5Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—

Words derived from “damhsa”

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