Where does “dragon” come from?
Dragon comes from Old French dragon, from Latin draco, from Ancient Greek δράκων, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root derḱ- meaning to see or look.
dragon (English): A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature; An...
Definitions
- A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature; An...
Ancestry of “dragon”, step by step
dragon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English drag queen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | drag queen | A person, usually male, who dresses up in women's... |
| 2 | English | Queen | A title used before the personal name of a queen |
| 3 | Middle English | quene | A queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female... |
| 4 | Old English | cwene | a woman; inflection of cwēn: ##... |
| 5 | Old English | cwēn | queen; woman, wife, queen |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kwāni | woman, wife |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kwēniz | wife |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷḗn | woman |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷen- | woman |