dan

dan · noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromdominus
2. Old French · derived fromdan
3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromdaun
4. Middle English · inherited fromdan
5. English todaydan

From Middle English dan, daun, dam (“lord”), from Anglo-Norman daun, daunz and Old French dan, dam, from Latin dominus. Doublet of don.

dan · noun²

Uncertain.

dan · noun³

1. Japanese · borrowed from段
2. English todaydan

From Japanese 段 (dan).

dan · noun⁴

1. Chinese · borrowed from石
2. Chinese · borrowed from担
3. English todaydan

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 担 (dàn) and Chinese 石 (dàn).

dan · noun⁵

Uncertain.

Dan · proper noun⁶

1. Hebrew · derived fromדָּן
2. English todayDan

From Hebrew דָּן (Dan).

Words from the same roots