Where does “dragan” come from?
dragan (Manx) comes from Middle English dragoun, from Old French dragon, from Latin Dracō, from Ancient Greek Δράκων, from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai.
dragan (Manx): dragon
Ancestry of “dragan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | dragoun | An dragon, drake, wyrm; A heraldic image of a... |
| 2 | Old French | dragon | dragon |
| 3 | Latin | Dracō | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Δράκων | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δέρκομαι | to see, see clearly; to watch; to live |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *dérkomai | — |