Where does “drugsbaron” come from?
drugsbaron (Dutch) comes from Dutch drugs, from English drugs, from English drug, from Middle English drogge, from Middle French drogue, from Old French drogue, from Old French drocgue, from Middle Dutch drôge — to support; to hold.
drugsbaron (Dutch): drug baron
Definitions
- drug baron
Ancestry of “drugsbaron”, step by step
drugsbaron traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch drugs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | drugs | Recreational drugs |
| 2 | English | drugs | plural of drug; Third-person singular simple... |
| 3 | English | drug | A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a... |
| 4 | Middle English | drogge | medicine |
| 5 | Middle French | drogue | drug |
| 6 | Old French | drogue | — |
| 7 | Old French | drocgue | — |
| 8 | Middle Dutch | drôge | dry |
| 9 | Old Dutch | drōgi | dry |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | *draugī | dry |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | draugiz | hard, solid; dry |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰerǵʰ- | to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |