Where does “daggere” come from?

daggere (Middle English) comes from Old French dague, from Italian daga, from Vulgar Latin daca, from Latin Dacia, from Ancient Greek Δάοι — Dai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus.

daggere (Middle English): dagger

Definitions

  1. dagger

Ancestry of “daggere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdague—
2Italiandagadagger; A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but...
3Vulgar LatindacaDacian knife; Dacian
4LatinDaciaDenmark; Dacia; greater Romania
5Ancient GreekΔάοιDai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus

Words derived from “daggere”

Every word from Ancient Greek Δάοι →Every word from Latin Dacia →Every word from Vulgar Latin daca →