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Where does “tanec” come from?

tanec (Slovak) comes from German tanz, from Middle High German tanz, from Old French dance, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.

tanec (Slovak): dance

Definitions

  1. dance

Ancestry of “tanec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantanzsingular imperative of tanzen
2Middle High Germantanz—
3Old Frenchdancedance
4Old Frenchdancierto dance
5Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →