drac
French
noun
Definitions
- (mythology) A type of mythological creature associated with the dangers of water.
Etymology
Borrowed from Occitan drac derived from Latin dracō (dragon, serpent, snake).
Origin
Latin
dracō
Gloss
dragon, serpent, snake
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
竜
Emoji
🐲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Dracula English
- draco Latin
- draconigena Latin
- dracunculus Latin
- dracō Latin
- drago Italian
- dragon French
- drago Spanish, Castilian
- δράκων Ancient Greek
- δρᾰ́κων Ancient Greek
- dragon Old French
- drac Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- drăcie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- drăcos Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- drakons Latvian
- dragán Old Irish
- draic Old Irish
- dreq Albanian
- *drakō gmw-pro
- *drako Old Dutch
- *kʷennom Proto-Celtic
- drac Aromanian
- dracu Aromanian
- drac Occitan
- dragun Maltese
- drâc Friulian
- drac Old Occitan
- draak Western Frisian
- dragu Sicilian
- *drakī Proto-Brythonic
- drac Megleno-Romanian