dangier

Middle French

Alternative forms

• danger

Etymology

From Old French dangier.

Noun

dangier m (plural dangiers)

1. danger

Descendants

• French: danger
  • → Esperanto: danĝero
  • Haitian Creole: danje

Old French

Alternative forms

• dongier

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dom(i)niarium, from Latin dominium (“ownership”). Compare Old Franco-Provençal dongier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /danˈdʒjeːɾ/

Noun

dangier oblique singular, m (oblique plural dangiers, nominative singular dangiers, nominative plural dangier)

1. difficulty; problem
   • 12th or 13th Century, Courtebarbe, Des trois avugles de Compigne:

     Cele part vont tout sanz dangier,
     Si s'en entrent en la meson,

     It was without any difficulty,
     that they went into the house,

2. danger

Derived terms

• dangereus

Descendants

• Middle French: dangier, danger
  • French: danger
  • Poitevin-Saintongeais: danjhàe
  • Walloon: dandjî
• → Middle Breton: doanger
• → Middle English: daunger
  • English: danger
    • → Esperanto: danĝero
  • Middle Scots: danger, dangeir, dainger
    • Scots: danger
• → Old Italian: dangiero
• →? Old Occitan: dangier
  • Occitan: dangier

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*dominiarium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 128