Where does “undragonish” come from?
undragonish (English) comes from English dragonish, 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.
undragonish (English): Not dragonish
Definitions
- Not dragonish
Ancestry of “undragonish”, step by step
undragonish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dragonish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dragonish | Having the characteristics of a dragon |
| 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 |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |