Where does “undragonlike” come from?
undragonlike (English) comes from English dragonlike, 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.
undragonlike (English): Not dragonlike
Definitions
- Not dragonlike
Ancestry of “undragonlike”, step by step
undragonlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dragonlike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dragonlike | Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one |
| 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 |