Where does “Drogenabhängiger” come from?

Drogenabhängiger (German) comes from German dröge, from French drogue, from Middle French drogue, from Old French drogue, from Old French drocgue, from Middle Dutch drôge, from Old Dutch drōgi, from Proto-West Germanic *draugī — to support; to hold.

Drogenabhängiger (German): drug addict male or of unspecified gender (person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs)

Definitions

  1. drug addict male or of unspecified gender (person with a chemical or psychological dependency on drugs)

Ancestry of “Drogenabhängiger”, step by step

Drogenabhängiger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German dröge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandrögedry; dull; boring; humdrum
2Frenchdroguedrug
3Middle Frenchdroguedrug
4Old Frenchdrogue
5Old Frenchdrocgue
6Middle Dutchdrôgedry
7Old Dutchdrōgidry
8Proto-West Germanic*draugīdry
9Proto-Germanicdraugizhard, solid; dry
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰerǵʰ-to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to...
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-to support; to hold

via German Abhängiger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAbhängiger
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰer-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰerǵʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic draugiz