The story
- Latin · derived fromdracō“dragon”
- Romanian · borrowed fromdrac“devil”
- English todayDracula
From the name Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Țepeș (“Vlad the Impaler”)), from the name of his father Vlad II Dracul, who was given the name Dracul by the Order of the Dragon. Dracul (literally “the Devil”) comes from the Romanian drac (“devil”), itself deriving from the Latin dracō (“dragon”).
Words from the same roots
Latindracō all →
drakedracodragoonpendragondraconiandracrankledracarysdraconedraconicaldraconicallydraconitedraconitic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.