Where does “draconic” come from?

draconic (English) comes from Latin Dracō, from Ancient Greek Δράκων, from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai.

draconic (English): Draconian; Relating to or suggestive of dragons

Definitions

  1. Draconian; Relating to or suggestive of dragons

Ancestry of “draconic”, step by step

draconic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Dracō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinDracō—
2Ancient GreekΔράκωνDraco
3Ancient Greekδέρκομαιto see, see clearly; to watch; to live
4Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai—

via German drakonisch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandrakonischdraconian

Words derived from “draconic”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai →Every word from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι →Every word from Ancient Greek Δράκων →