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English word drake comes from Proto-Germanic *anudz (Duck.), Proto-Indo-European *rek-, Ancient Greek δράκων.

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Drake detailed word origin explanation

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*anudz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Duck.
*rek- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
δράκων Ancient Greek (grc)
*raką Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)
draco Latin (lat) (ecclesiastic) The Devil.. A dragon; a kind of snake or serpent.. The astronomical constellation Draco, in Latin also called Anguis or Serpens. The standard of a Roman cohort, shaped like an Egyptian crocodile ('dragon') head.
*drakô Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Dragon.
*anudrekô Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Male duck, drake.
draca Old English (ang) Dragon.
*andraca Old English (ang)
*draca Old English (ang)
drake Middle English (enm)
drake English (eng) A male duck.

Words with the same origin as drake

Descendants of *rek-
rainbow
Descendants of δράκων
dragon