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Where does “drone” come from?

Drone comes from Middle English drone, from Old English drān, from Proto-West Germanic drānu, from Proto-Germanic drēnuz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrēn-.

drone (English): A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but...

Definitions

  1. A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but...

Ancestry of “drone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdrounento roar, bellow

Words derived from “drone”

  • dronish
  • dronelike
  • drony
  • droner
  • droney
  • dronefly
  • dronishness
  • dronesome
  • droneth
  • dronist
  • drone-athon
  • dronology
  • dronishly
  • microdrone
  • dronepipe
  • drone
  • dron
  • drone
  • drone
  • droniste
  • drone
  • dron
  • 드론
  • дрон
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