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Where does “dragumannus” come from?

dragumannus (Medieval Latin) comes from Byzantine Greek δραγομάνος, from Arabic تُرْجُمَان, from Classical Syriac ܬܪܓܡܢܐ, from Akkadian targumannum.

Ancestry of “dragumannus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine Greekδραγομάνος—
2Arabicتُرْجُمَانtranslator, interpreter
3Classical Syriacܬܪܓܡܢܐtranslator
4Akkadiantargumannum—

Words derived from “dragumannus”

  • dragoman
  • dragomanno
  • dragman
  • drugeman
Every word from Akkadian targumannum →