English
draught
Draught comes from Old English dreċċan ‘to annoy, trouble’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- ‘to run, to drag, to pull’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰregʰ-‘to run, to drag, to pull’root as named
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*drakjanąreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150dreċċanas *dreaht‘to annoy, trouble’reconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500draught
- Englishearliest quotation 1526draught
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰregʰ-‘to run, to drag, to pull’root as named
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*drakjanąreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150dreċċanas *dreaht‘to annoy, trouble’reconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500draught
- Englishearliest quotation 1526draught
Earliest quotation: 1526, [William Tyndale, The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible): “[…]he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe,…”
Formed from draw + -t
Proto-Germanic *draganą ‘to carry’
Proto-West Germanic *dragan ‘to carry’
Old English dragan ‘to drag’
Middle English dragen ‘to drag’
English draw
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- ‘to run, to drag, to pull’
train, attractive, draw, retreat, portrait, attraction, drag, extraction, distraction, tract, entreat, 53 more
through Middle English draught
Today it means
noun A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- / draught