drone
Dutch (Brabantic)
/droːn/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) a male bee or wasp; a drone
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch drone (bee drone) inherited from Old Dutch *drān inherited from *drānu (drone).
Origin
*drānu
Gloss
drone
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- drone English
- drone-athon English
- droneboarding English
- dronefly English
- dronelike English
- dronepipe English
- droner English
- dronesome English
- droneth English
- droney English
- dronish English
- dronist English
- dronology English
- drony English
- microdrone English
- minidrone English
- drone Finnish
- drooni Finnish
- drone Italian
- drone French
- дрон Russian
- dron Spanish, Castilian
- drone Spanish, Castilian
- drone Portuguese
- *drēnuz Proto-Germanic
- dron Polish
- dran Old English
- drone Middle English
- drón Irish
- drôn Welsh
- darne Middle Dutch
- drone Middle Dutch
- treno Old High German
- dròn Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *drānu gmw-pro
- *drān Old Dutch
- drone Middle Low German
- дрон Macedonian
- drāna Old Saxon
- 드론 Korean