dracunculus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a small dragon or serpent
- a thread twisted like a serpent
- a sort of fish, dragonet
- tarragon
Etymology
Affix 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
- dracunculus English
- draconigena Latin
- dracō Latin
- drago Italian
- dragon French
- drago Spanish, Castilian
- δράκων Ancient Greek
- δρᾰ́κων Ancient Greek
- dragon Old French
- draoncle Old French
- rancler Old French
- drac 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