Where does “dancing” come from?

dancing (Spanish) comes from English dancing, from English dance, from Middle English dauncen, from Anglo-Norman dauncer.

dancing (Spanish): dance hall

Definitions

  1. dance hall

Ancestry of “dancing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdancingThe activity of taking part in a dance; A dance...
2EnglishdanceA sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually...
3Middle EnglishdauncenTo dance, be in a dance; To move about in a rapid...
4Anglo-Normandauncer—
Every word from Anglo-Norman dauncer →