Where does “kapudrog” come from?
kapudrog (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian drog, 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.
kapudrog (Hungarian): gateway drug addictive substance that is believed to encourage the user to experiment with more harmful substances
Definitions
- gateway drug addictive substance that is believed to encourage the user to experiment with more harmful substances
Ancestry of “kapudrog”, step by step
kapudrog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian drog
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | drog | drug |
| 2 | French | drogue | drug |
| 3 | Middle French | drogue | drug |
| 4 | Old French | drogue | — |
| 5 | Old French | drocgue | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | drôge | dry |
| 7 | Old Dutch | drōgi | dry |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *draugī | dry |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | draugiz | hard, solid; dry |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰerǵʰ- | to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |
via Hungarian kapu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kapu | gate, entrance, door; goal |