2014-12-29

Draugelis


drug (n.) 


late 14c. (early 14c. in Anglo-French), "medicine, chemical ingredients," from Old French droge "supply, stock, provision" (14c.), of unknown origin, perhaps from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German droge-vate "dry barrels," or droge waere, literally "dry wares," but specifically drugs and spices, with first element mistaken as word for the contents (see dry goods), or because medicines mostly consisted of dried herbs. 

Kai of unknown origin, tai ir neaišku kas.

Etymology 1
From Middle English drogge (medicine), from Middle French drogue (cure, pharmaceutical product), from Old French droguedrocque (tincture, pharmaceutical product), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German droge, as in droge vate (dry vats, dry barrels), mistaking droge for the contents, which were wontedly dried herbs, plants or wares.Droge comes from Middle Dutch drōghe (dry), from Old Dutch drōgi (dry), from Proto-Germanic *draugiz (dry, hard). Cognate with English dry, Dutch droog (dry), Germantrocken (dry).


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