Dragon=دراجون
(dragoun)
is a trade mark in Arabic and derives from the greek language.
Etymology
of the word dragon:
Wiktionary:
From Old French dragon,
from Latin dracō,
from Ancient Greek δράκων (drakōn, “a
serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”), probably from
δρακεῖν (drakein),
aorist active infinitive of δέρκομαι (derkomai, “I
see clearly”).
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ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- dragon (n.)
- early 13c., from O.Fr. dragon, from L. draconem (nom. draco) "huge serpent, dragon," from Gk. drakon (gen. drakontos) "serpent, giant seafish," apparently from drak-, strong aorist stem of derkesthai "to see clearly," from PIE *derk- "to see." Perhaps the lit. sense is "the one with the (deadly) glance." The young are dragonets (14c.). Obsolete drake "dragon" is an older borrowing of the same word. Used in the Bible to translate Heb. tannin "a great sea-monster," and tan, a desert mammal now believed to be the jackal.
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