Etymology

dancing

danc·ing
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Today it means: The activity of taking part in a dance. Full definition →

French dancing
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromdancing
  2. English todaydancing

From dance + -ing. The sense "dance club" is from French dancing, a pseudo-anglicism derived from English dance + -ing.

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