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Where does “rakuuna” come from?

rakuuna (Finnish) comes from Swedish dragon, from French estragon, from French estargon, from French targon, from Latin tarcon, from Latin altarcon, from Arabic طَرْخُون, from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον.

rakuuna (Finnish): dragoon; tarragon

Definitions

  1. dragoon; tarragon

Ancestry of “rakuuna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishdragona dragoon; the perennial herb tarragon; leaves of...
2Frenchestragontarragon
3Frenchestargon—
4Frenchtargon—
5Latintarcon—
6Latinaltarcon—
7Arabicطَرْخُونtarragon; "Artemisia dracunculus"
8Ancient Greekδρακόντιονedder-wort
9Ancient GreekΔράκων—
10Ancient Greekδέρκομαιto see, see clearly; to watch; to live
11Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai—
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