Where does “dracu” come from?
dracu (Aromanian) comes from Latin Dracō, from Ancient Greek Δράκων, from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai.
dracu (Aromanian): devil
Ancestry of “dracu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Dracō | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Δράκων | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δέρκομαι | to see, see clearly; to watch; to live |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *dérkomai | — |