Etymology

dragling

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Today it means: A small or baby dragon. Full definition →

English drag ← Middle English dragoun ← Old French dragon
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*derḱ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai
  3. Ancient Greekδέρκομαι (dérkomai)
  4. Ancient Greekδράκων (drákōn)
  5. Latindracō
  6. Old Frenchdragon
  7. Middle Englishdragoun
  8. Englishdragonclip.
  9. Englishdrag
  10. English todaydragling

From drag + -ling.

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