Where does “druggeting” come from?
druggeting (English) comes from English drugget, from French droguet, from French drogue, from Middle French drogue, from Old French drogue, from Old French drocgue, from Middle Dutch drôge, from Old Dutch drōgi — to support; to hold.
druggeting (English): Coarse, hard-wearing, woollen cloth, woven in...
Definitions
- Coarse, hard-wearing, woollen cloth, woven in...
Ancestry of “druggeting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | drugget | An inexpensive coarse woolen cloth, used mainly... |
| 2 | French | droguet | drugget |
| 3 | French | drogue | drug |
| 4 | Middle French | drogue | drug |
| 5 | Old French | drogue | — |
| 6 | Old French | drocgue | — |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | drôge | — |
| 8 | Old Dutch | drōgi | dry |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *draugī | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | draugiz | hard, solid; dry |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰerǵʰ- | to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |