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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word DACE. Etymology of the word
DACE.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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DACE,
a small river-fish. (F.,—O.
Low G.) 'Dace or Dare, a small
river-fish;' Kersey's Dict. ed. 1715. Shak. has dace,
2 Hen. IV, iii. 2. 356. 1. Another name for the fish is
the dart. 2. Dare, formerly pronounced dahr,
is simply the F. dard (= Low Lat. acc. dardum), and dart
is due to the same source. 3. So also dace,
formerly darce (Babees Book, ed. Furnivall, p. 174), answers
to the O. F. nom. dars or darz, a dart, javelin, for
which Roquefort gives quotations, and Littré cites O. F. dars with
the sense of dace. This O. F. dars is due to Low Lat.
nom. dardus, a dart, javelin. ¶
From this O. F. dars is
also derived the Breton darz, a dace; cf. F. dard, 'a dart, a
javelin; ... also, a dace or dare fish;' Cotgrave.
➩ So named from its quick motion. See
Dart. [†]
ADDENDA
The etymology is proved by
the Anglo-French form darces, pl., in the Liber Custumarum,
p. 279.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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