Claim: Dragon is taken from the Indo-European family.
Evidence: The English word dragon and Latin word draco derives from Greek δράκων -LRB- drákōn -RRB- , `` dragon , serpent of huge size , water-snake ''.
Greek -LRB- Modern Greek : ελληνικά -LSB- eliniˈka -RSB- , elliniká , `` Greek '' , ελληνική γλώσσα -LSB- eliniˈci ˈɣlosa -RSB- , ellinikí glóssa , `` Greek language '' -RRB- is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages , native to Greece and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean.