Where does “dragón” come from?

dragón (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese dragon, from Latin Dracō, from Ancient Greek Δράκων, from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai.

dragón (Galician): dragon

Definitions

  1. dragon

Ancestry of “dragón”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesedragondragon
2LatinDracō—
3Ancient GreekΔράκωνDraco
4Ancient Greekδέρκομαιto see, see clearly; to watch; to live
5Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai →Every word from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι →Every word from Ancient Greek Δράκων →