Danger
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Etymology
Middle English daunger, from Anglo-French dangier, dongier, from Vulgar Latin *dominiarium, from Latin dominium ownership
- Date: 13th century
Definitions
- 1 a archaic : jurisdiction
- b obsolete : reach, range
- 2 obsolete : harm, damage
- 3 : exposure or liability to injury, pain, harm, or loss <a place where children could play without danger>
- 4 : a case or cause of danger <the dangers of mining>