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Where does “dançar” come from?

dançar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese dançar, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.

dançar (Portuguese): to dance; to fail, be unsuccessful; to oscillate

Definitions

  1. to dance; to fail, be unsuccessful; to oscillate

Ancestry of “dançar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesedançar—
2Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →