Where does “ドラグーン” come from?

ドラグーン (Japanese) comes from English dragoon, from French dragon, from Old French dragon, from Latin Dracō, from Ancient Greek Δράκων, from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai.

ドラグーン (Japanese): A dragoon

Definitions

  1. A dragoon

Ancestry of “ドラグーン”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdragoonA horse soldier; a cavalryman, who uses a horse...
2Frenchdragona dragon, creature or person; a dragoon
3Old Frenchdragondragon mythical animal
4LatinDracō—
5Ancient GreekΔράκωνDraco
6Ancient Greekδέρκομαιto see, see clearly; to watch; to live
7Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai →Every word from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι →Every word from Ancient Greek Δράκων →