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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”

  • dance
  • dancing
  • danced
  • dancehall
  • danceable
  • breakdancing
  • dancelike
  • danceth
  • dancy
  • breakdance
  • sundance
  • danceability
  • dancingly
  • dancewear
  • outdance
  • adance
  • ropedancing
  • dancest
  • breakdancer
  • nondancing
  • undanceable
  • nondance
  • danceless
  • Eurodance
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