Etymology

contradanza

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Today it means: A popular Cuban dance music genre of the 19th century, or a work composed in this genre. Full definition →

Spanish contradanza ← French contredanse ← English country-dance
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The story

  1. English · derived fromcountry-dance
  2. French · derived fromcontredanse
  3. Spanish · borrowed fromcontradanza
  4. English todaycontradanza

Borrowed from Spanish contradanza, from French contredanse, itself from English country-dance.

Words from the same roots

Frenchcontredanse all →

contra dancecontredanse

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.