draught

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*drahtuz
2. Old English · inherited from*dreaht
3. Middle English · inherited fromdraught
4. English todaydraught

From Middle English draught, draght, draȝt, from Old English *dreaht, *dræht (related to dragan (“to draw, drag”)), from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz, noun form of *draganą; equivalent to draw + -t.

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