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1. Latin · derived fromdominus“lord, master”
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*dominiārium“authority, power”
3. Old French · derived fromdangier
4. Middle English · derived fromdaunger“power, dominion, peril”
5. English todaydanger

From Middle English daunger (“power, dominion, peril”), from Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)) from Vulgar Latin *dominiārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Displaced native Old English frēcennes.

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