English
dancy
From dance + -y.
A compound of dance + -y
Another origin of dancy
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ed-‘to smell’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃dónts‘tooth’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dents‘tooth’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēns‘tooth’uncertain
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdentātus‘toothed, having teeth’uncertain
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdenté‘toothed’uncertain
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentdanché
- Englishtodaydancy
Today it means
adj Ready to dance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / dancy