Where does “dancer” come from?

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

dancer (Middle French): to dance

Definitions

  1. to dance

Ancestry of “dancer”, step by step

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