Where does “dragonadă” come from?

dragonadă (Romanian) comes from French dragonnade, from French dragon, from Old French dragon, from Latin Dracō, from Ancient Greek Δράκων, from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai.

dragonadă (Romanian): dragonnade

Definitions

  1. dragonnade

Ancestry of “dragonadă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdragonnadedragonnade
2Frenchdragona dragon, creature or person; a dragoon
3Old Frenchdragondragon mythical animal
4LatinDracō—
5Ancient GreekΔράκωνDraco
6Ancient Greekδέρκομαιto see, see clearly; to watch; to live
7Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai →Every word from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι →Every word from Ancient Greek Δράκων →