The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδρακόντιον“dragonwort”
- English todaydragonwort
From dragon + wort. Compare Middle English dragaunce, dragunce, dragance, dragans (“dragonwort”), from Old French dragonce, dragance, from Medieval Latin draguncia, dragancia (“dragonwort”), disfigured from the plural of dracontium (“dragonwort”), from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion, “dragonwort”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδρακόντιον all →
tarragondracontium
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.