Where does “drug-naive” come from?

drug-naive (English) comes from English drug, from Middle English drogge, from Middle French drogue, from Old French drogue, from Old French drocgue, from Middle Dutch drôge, from Old Dutch drōgi, from Proto-West Germanic *draugī — to support; to hold.

drug-naive (English): Lacking tolerance to or dependence on the pharmacological effect of a drug

Definitions

  1. Lacking tolerance to or dependence on the pharmacological effect of a drug

Ancestry of “drug-naive”, step by step

drug-naive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English drug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdrugA substance used to treat an illness, relieve a...
2Middle Englishdroggemedicine
3Middle Frenchdroguedrug
4Old Frenchdrogue
5Old Frenchdrocgue
6Middle Dutchdrôgedry
7Old Dutchdrōgidry
8Proto-West Germanic*draugīdry
9Proto-Germanicdraugizhard, solid; dry
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰerǵʰ-to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to...
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-to support; to hold

via English naïve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnaïveAlternative spelling of naive
2Frenchnaïvefeminine singular of naïf
3Latinnātīvuscreated, made
4Latinnātusborn, arisen, made
5Latingnātus
6Proto-Italicgnātosborn
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰer-