dragon
Norman
noun
Definitions
- (Jersey) dragon
- (Jersey) flying jib
Etymology
Inherited from Old French dragon inherited from Latin draco, dracō, dracōnem derived from Ancient Greek δράκων (dragon, a dragon, a serpent of huge size, a python, serpent, giant seafish).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δράκων
Gloss
dragon, a dragon, a serpent of huge size, a python, serpent, giant seafish
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
- *dragо̄nis Latin
- draco Latin
- draco, dracō, dracōnem Latin
- dracō Latin
- dracō, dracōnem Latin
- dracōnem Latin
- dragon French
- дракон Russian
- δράκαινα Ancient Greek
- δράκων Ancient Greek
- δρακόντινος Ancient Greek
- *derḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- drage Norwegian Bokmål
- drake Norwegian Bokmål
- dragoun Middle English
- dragan Irish
- dreki Old Norse
- طَرْخُون Arabic
- dragon Old French
- դրակոն Armenian
- δράκοντας Greek (modern)
- dracon Middle French
- דרקון Hebrew (modern)
- dragón Asturian
- ⲇⲣⲁⲕⲱⲛ Coptic