Dragon

Morpheme

Dragon

Type

free base

Denotation

serpent of huge size, mythological creature

Etymology

Middle English dragoun; Old French dragon; Latin dracōnem, from dracō; Ancient Greek drákōn

Evidence

adragonist, dragon, dragonback, dragonbone, dragonborn, dragonbreath, dragondom, dragonesque, dragoness, dragonet, dragonette, dragonfire, dragonfish, dragonflame, dragonfly, dragonhead, dragonhide, dragonhood, dragonise, dragonish, dragonism, dragonize, dragonkin, dragonkind, dragonking, dragonlength, dragonless, dragonlet, dragonlike, dragonling, dragonlord, dragonlore, dragonly, dragonmaster, dragonologist, dragonology, dragonproof, dragonrider, dragonroot, dragons, dragonsbreath, dragonskin, dragonslayer, dragonsome, dragonspeak, dragonstone, dragontail, dragonwise, dragonwort, dragony, firedragon, pseudodragon, shadowdragon, snapdragon, snowdragon, swampdragon, twindragon, undragoned

Notes

dragon, dragoon, Draco Dracon, and dracone are doublets

See Also

Drace, Dracon(e) [Dracon, Dracone], Drage, Drake