Where does “drogoš” come from?

drogoš (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian droga, from German dröge, from French drogue, from Middle French drogue, from Old French drogue, from Old French drocgue, from Middle Dutch drôge, from Old Dutch drōgi — to support; to hold.

drogoš (Serbo-Croatian): drug addict, junkie

Definitions

  1. drug addict, junkie

Ancestry of “drogoš”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiandrogadrug
2Germandrögedry; dull; boring; humdrum
3Frenchdroguedrug
4Middle Frenchdroguedrug
5Old Frenchdrogue
6Old Frenchdrocgue
7Middle Dutchdrôgedry
8Old Dutchdrōgidry
9Proto-West Germanic*draugīdry
10Proto-Germanicdraugizhard, solid; dry
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰerǵʰ-to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to...
12Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-to support; to hold
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