Where does “dragor” come from?
dragor (Romanian) comes from French dragueur, from French draguer, from English dragger, from English drag, from Yiddish טראָגן, from Middle High German tragen, from Old High German tragan, from Proto-Germanic dragan — pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide.
dragor (Romanian): dredger
Definitions
- dredger
Ancestry of “dragor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dragueur | dredger; someone who chats people up, usually... |
| 2 | French | draguer | to dredge (to make a channel wider or deeper) |
| 3 | English | dragger | Something that drags; A trawler; One who takes... |
| 4 | English | drag | Resistance of a fluid to something moving through... |
| 5 | Yiddish | טראָגן | carry; wear |
| 6 | Middle High German | tragen | to bear, to carry |
| 7 | Old High German | tragan | to bear; to bear fruit |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | dragan | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | draganą | to draw, to pull, to carry |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵ- | pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide |