Where does “tarcon” come from?

tarcon (Latin) comes from Latin altarcon, from Arabic طَرْخُون, from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον, from Ancient Greek Δράκων, from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai.

Ancestry of “tarcon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaltarcon
2Arabicطَرْخُونtarragon; "Artemisia dracunculus"
3Ancient Greekδρακόντιονedder-wort
4Ancient GreekΔράκωνDraco
5Ancient Greekδέρκομαιto see, see clearly; to watch; to live
6Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai

Words derived from “tarcon

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai
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