rankle

The story

1. Latin · derived fromdracō“serpent, dragon”
2. Latin · derived fromdracunculus“little serpent”
3. Old French · derived fromdraoncle“a boil”
4. Old French · derived fromrancler
5. Middle English · inherited fromranklen
6. English todayrankle

From Middle English ranklen, ranclen, from Old French rancler, räoncler, draoncler (“to ulcerate, to form a boil”), from Old French draoncle (“a boil”), from Latin dracunculus (“little serpent”), diminutive of Latin dracō (“serpent, dragon”).

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