Where does “طرخونجی” come from?

طرخونجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic طرخون, from Arabic طَرْخُون, from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον, from Ancient Greek Δράκων, from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai.

طرخونجی (Ottoman Turkish): grower, seller, or habitual eater of tarragon

Definitions

  1. grower, seller, or habitual eater of tarragon

Ancestry of “طرخونجی”, step by step

طرخونجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic طرخون

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

via Ottoman Turkish ـجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـجیoccupational suffix
2Proto-Turkic-čiProfession suffix
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai →Every word from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι →Every word from Ancient Greek Δράκων →