Where does “discodans” come from?

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

discodans (Swedish): disco dancing

Definitions

  1. disco dancing

Ancestry of “discodans”, step by step

discodans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish dans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishdansdance
2Old Frenchdancedance
3Old Frenchdancierto dance
4Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—

via Swedish disco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishdiscoa disco, a discotheque; disco; a type of music
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →