Where does “dragme” come from?

dragme (Old French) comes from Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή, from Ancient Greek δράσσομαι, from Proto-Indo-European dreǵʰ- — to be unwilling, vexed.

dragme (Old French): dram

Definitions

  1. dram

Ancestry of “dragme”, step by step

dragme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin dragma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindragmadrachma
2Latindrachmadrachma Ancient Greek coin, one hundredth of a
3Ancient Greekδραχμήdrachma; drachm
4Ancient Greekδράσσομαιto grasp, take handfuls; I hold, seize; to hold,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeandreǵʰ-to be unwilling, vexed

via Late Latin dragma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latindragmadrachma

Words derived from “dragme”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dreǵʰ- →Every word from Ancient Greek δράσσομαι →Every word from Ancient Greek δραχμή →