Where does “dragă” come from?
dragă (Romanian) comes from French drague, from Middle English dragge, from German Dragee, from French dragée, from Latin tragemata, from Ancient Greek τραγήματα, from Ancient Greek τράγημα, from Ancient Greek τρώγω — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
dragă (Romanian): dear, sweetie term of endearment towards a woman
Definitions
- dear, sweetie term of endearment towards a woman
Ancestry of “dragă”, step by step
dragă traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French drague
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | drague | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Middle English | dragge | — |
| 3 | German | Dragee | dragée, sugar-coated pill |
| 4 | French | dragée | a sweet with almond filling; a dragée, a... |
| 5 | Latin | tragemata | dried fruits |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τραγήματα | spices; dried fruits, sweetmeats |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τράγημα | dried fruits or sweetmeats, eaten as dessert |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τρώγω | I chew, gnaw; I eat |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
via French draguer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | draguer | to dredge (to make a channel wider or deeper) |
| 2 | English | dragger | Something that drags; A trawler; One who takes... |
| 3 | English | drag | Resistance of a fluid to something moving through... |
| 4 | Yiddish | טראָגן | carry; wear |
| 5 | Middle High German | tragen | to bear, to carry |
| 6 | Old High German | tragan | to bear; to bear fruit |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | dragan | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | draganą | to draw, to pull, to carry |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵ- | pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide |