Where does “dragon” come from?

dragon (Tagalog) comes from Spanish dragón, from Old Spanish dragon, from Latin Dracō, from Ancient Greek Δράκων, from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai.

dragon (Tagalog): dragon

Definitions

  1. dragon

Ancestry of “dragon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdragóndragon; dragoon
2Old Spanishdragondragon
3LatinDracō—
4Ancient GreekΔράκωνDraco
5Ancient Greekδέρκομαιto see, see clearly; to watch; to live
6Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai →Every word from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι →Every word from Ancient Greek Δράκων →