danger

danger
\ \ [13] Etymologically, danger is a parallel formation to dominion. It comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin *domniāriumpower or sway of a lord, dominion, jurisdiction’, a derivative of Latin dominuslord, master’. English acquired the word via Old French dangier and Anglo- Norman daunger, retaining the word’s original sense until the 17th century (‘You stand within his [Shylock’s] danger, do you not?’ says Portia to Antonio in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice). But things had been happening to its meaning in Old French, particularly in the phrase estre en dangierbe in danger’. The notions of being in someone’s danger (that is, ‘in his power, at his mercy’) and of being in danger of something (that is, ‘liable to something unpleasant, such as loss or punishment’ – a sense preserved in the 1611 translation of the Sermon on the Mount: ‘Whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment’, Matthew 5:22) led directly to the sense ‘peril’, acquired by English in the 14th century.
\ \ Cf.DAME, DOME, DOMINATE, DOMINION, DUNGEON

Word origins - 2ed. . 2005.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • danger — [ dɑ̃ʒe ] n. m. • 1340; dangier « domination, pouvoir sur » XIIe; lat. pop. °dominiarium « pouvoir de dominer », de dominus « maître » ♦ Ce qui menace ou compromet la sûreté, l existence de qqn ou de qqch.; situation qui en résulte. ⇒ péril;… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • danger — Danger, Semble que ce soit un mot composé, quasi Damnum gerens. Casus, Discrimen, Flamma, Incommoditas, Periculum, Noxa. Un danger prochain, Periculum ingruens. Pareil danger, Similitudo periculi. Danger de mort, Periculum capitale. Danger de la… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • danger — I noun assailability, crisis, defenselessness, discrimen, exposure to harm, hazard, helplessness, imperilment, jeopardy, lack of protection, lack of safety, liability to injury, menace, nonimmunity, penetrability, periculum, peril, perilousness,… …   Law dictionary

  • danger — DANGER. s. m. Péril, risque, ce qui est ordinairement suivi d un mallieur, ou qui expose à une perte, à un dommage. Grand danger. Danger évi dent. Danger imminent. S exposer au danger. Se mettre en danger. Être en danger de mort ou de mourir.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • Danger — Dan ger, n. [OE. danger, daunger, power, arrogance, refusal, difficulty, fr. OF. dagier, dongier (with same meaning), F. danger danger, fr. an assumed LL. dominiarium power, authority, from L. dominium power, property. See {Dungeon}, {Domain},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • danger — DANGER. s. m. Peril, risque. Ce qui expose à un malheur, à une perte, à un dommage. Grand danger. danger évident. s exposer au danger. se mettre en danger. estre en danger. estre en danger de mort ou de mourir. courre un grand danger. hors de… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Danger — may refer to: Risk, the threat of adverse events Danger (company), a Microsoft subsidiary which made cellular telephones Danger (musician), French electronic composer and performer Danger (album), the fourth studio album by P Square Danger (song) …   Wikipedia

  • Danger! — Danger! …   Википедия

  • Danger! — EP by The Sound of Arrows Released May 7, 2008 ( …   Wikipedia

  • Danger — (engl. Gefahr) steht für Danger, ehemaliger Name des Kingmanriffs im Nordpazifik Danger Inseln, Inseln an der Antarktis Maschinenfabrik Danger, deutscher Automobilhersteller Siehe auch Danger Danger Danger Island Danger Point Danger Tree …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • danger — n Danger, peril, jeopardy, hazard, risk mean either the state or fact of being threatened with loss of life or property or with serious injury to one s health or moral integrity or the cause or source of such a threat. Danger is the general term… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”