Where does “dance” come from?

dance (Middle French) comes from Old French dance, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.

dance (Middle French): dance

Definitions

  1. dance

Ancestry of “dance”, step by step

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