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<p>[QUOTE="catadc, post: 3556454, member: 103515"]Alegandron, this is a great exemple of how the language evolved and one's (read mine) opinion is influenced by local legends. Because I originate from that area of Europe. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.</p><p><br /></p><p>The wiki link points to Vlad the Second, which is the father of Vlad the Third, and Vlad the Third is "the Impaler" / "Dracula". It mentions that the name "Dracul" comes from the fact that Vlad the Second joined "Societas Draconistarum" (in Latin, "Order of Dragons" in EN). So "Dracul" in local language was coming from "Draco" (Latin), but the word "Dracul" from Romanian does not translate to "dragon" (anymore?), but "devil", "dyavol" in Russian, "seytan" in Turkish. So it is just an example of how words that 700 years ago meant the same thing, these days, they no longer do.</p><p><br /></p><p>The RO wikipedia page mentions the origin of the name, but not the "Dragon" nickname for Vlad the Second.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I want one of those coins... and maybe some of the other's Traian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="catadc, post: 3556454, member: 103515"]Alegandron, this is a great exemple of how the language evolved and one's (read mine) opinion is influenced by local legends. Because I originate from that area of Europe. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. The wiki link points to Vlad the Second, which is the father of Vlad the Third, and Vlad the Third is "the Impaler" / "Dracula". It mentions that the name "Dracul" comes from the fact that Vlad the Second joined "Societas Draconistarum" (in Latin, "Order of Dragons" in EN). So "Dracul" in local language was coming from "Draco" (Latin), but the word "Dracul" from Romanian does not translate to "dragon" (anymore?), but "devil", "dyavol" in Russian, "seytan" in Turkish. So it is just an example of how words that 700 years ago meant the same thing, these days, they no longer do. The RO wikipedia page mentions the origin of the name, but not the "Dragon" nickname for Vlad the Second. Now I want one of those coins... and maybe some of the other's Traian.[/QUOTE]
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