Where does “daunce” come from?

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

daunce (Middle English): dance; dancing; dance song

Definitions

  1. dance; dancing; dance song

Ancestry of “daunce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-NormandaunceLate Anglo-Norman spelling of dance
2Old Frenchdancedance
3Old Frenchdancierto dance
4Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—

Words derived from “daunce”

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