Where does “dance” come from?

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

dance (Old French): dance

Definitions

  1. dance

Ancestry of “dance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdancierto dance
2Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—

Words derived from “dance”

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