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drake.

A male duck (bird).

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdɹeɪ̯k/[ˈdɹ̝ʷeɪ̯k] ~ [ˈd̠ɹ̠˔ʷeɪ̯k]

  1. A male duck (bird).

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts Proto-Germanic *anadz Proto-West Germanic *anad Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Germanic *rekô Proto-West Germanic *rekō Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō Old English *draca? ▲ Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō Old Saxon *anadrako Middle Low German drâkebor.? Middle English drake English drake From Middle English drake (“male duck, drake”), either from Old English *draca, *andraca (“male duck, drake”) or from Middle Low German drâke, andrâke, from Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō (“drake”, literally “duck leader”). Cognate with Low German drake (“drake”), Dutch draak (“drake”), German Enterich (“drake”). More at annet.

noun/ˈdɹeɪ̯k/[ˈdɹ̝ʷeɪ̯k] ~ [ˈd̠ɹ̠˔ʷeɪ̯k]

  1. dragon

    poetic

  2. dragon lesser draconic creature

    poetic

  3. beaked galley, or Viking warship

  4. small piece of artillery

    historical

  5. a fiery meteor (variously known as fiery serpents and dragons in many cultures)

  6. mayfly

    archaic

  7. mayfly a mayfly used as fishing bait

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English drake (“dragon; Satan”), from Old English draca (“dragon, sea monster, huge serpent”), from Proto-West Germanic *drakō (“dragon”), from Latin dracō (“dragon”), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, giant seafish”), from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see clearly”). Compare Middle Dutch drake and German Drache. Doublet of dragon.

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