Etymology

dancy

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Today it means: Ready to dance. Full definition →

English dance ← Middle English dauncen ← Anglo-Norman dauncer
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dancy · adjective1

  1. Vulgar Latin*dantiāre
  2. Anglo-Normandauncer
  3. Middle Englishdauncen
  4. Englishdance
  5. English todaydancy

From dance + -y.

dancy · adjective2

  1. French · derived fromdanché
  2. English todaydancy

From French danché (or an older form thereof). Compare dancetté.

Dancy · proper noun3

Variant spelling of Dansie.

Words from the same roots

Frenchdanché all →

dancetté

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