Where does “dragonet” come from?
dragonet (English) comes from English dragon, from English drag queen, from English Queen, from Middle English quene, from Old English cwene, from Old English cwēn, from Proto-West Germanic kwāni, from Proto-Germanic kwēniz — woman.
dragonet (English): A small dragon; Any of the small perciform marine...
Definitions
- A small dragon; Any of the small perciform marine...
Ancestry of “dragonet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | dragon | A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature; An... |
| 2 | English | drag queen | A person, usually male, who dresses up in women's... |
| 3 | English | Queen | — |
| 4 | Middle English | quene | A queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female... |
| 5 | Old English | cwene | a woman; inflection of cwēn:
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| 6 | Old English | cwēn | queen; woman, wife, queen |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | kwāni | woman, wife |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kwēniz | wife |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷḗn | woman |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷen- | woman |