Where does “dragonette” come from?
dragonette (English) comes from English dragonet, 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 — woman.
dragonette (English): A small or female dragon
Definitions
- A small or female dragon
Ancestry of “dragonette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dragonet | A small dragon; Any of the small perciform marine... |
| 2 | English | dragon | A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature; An... |
| 3 | English | drag queen | A person, usually male, who dresses up in women's... |
| 4 | English | Queen | A title used before the personal name of a queen |
| 5 | Middle English | quene | A queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female... |
| 6 | Old English | cwene | a woman; inflection of cwēn: ##... |
| 7 | Old English | cwēn | queen; woman, wife, queen |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | kwāni | woman, wife |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kwēniz | wife |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷḗn | woman |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷen- | woman |