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Where does “drako” come from?

drako (Esperanto) comes from Latin Dracō, from Ancient Greek Δράκων, from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai.

drako (Esperanto): dragon

Definitions

  1. dragon

Ancestry of “drako”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinDracō—
2Ancient GreekΔράκων—
3Ancient Greekδέρκομαιto see, see clearly; to watch; to live
4Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai—
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