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- Old English · derived fromdræġnet
- Middle English · derived fromdraynet
- English todaydragnet
From drag + net, probably based on the model of Middle English draynet, dreynett (“dragnet”), Old English dræġnet, dræġnett (“dragnet”), equivalent to dray + net. Cognate with Swedish dragnät, Norwegian dragnett, from Icelandic dragnet.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.