verb
tragāre
*tragāre
Meaning
- Proto Ibero Romancereconstructionto devour
- Proto Ibero Romancereconstructionto swallow
Origins
Possibly from Doric Greek τράγω (trágō), in which case cognate with Attic Greek τρώγω (trṓgō, “to eat, to swallow”). Alternatively, Coromines suggests an origin ultimately in dracō (“dragon”), via an attested tracō (“underground cavern”), in the sense of "that which swallows [things] up".
Descendants
- Catalantragar
- Catalandragar
- Portuguesetragarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese tragar
- Spanishtragar
- Aragonesetragar
- Asturiantragar
- Galiciantragarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese tragar