Origin: 1470–80; < ML (Geoffrey of Monmouth)
Uthyrpendragun Uther Pendragon, taken as Medieval Welsh
pen(
n) head +
*dragun < LL
dracōnēs, pl. of
dracō military standard, L: serpent,
dragon (hence, chief or head standard), though the compound is unattested in Welsh sources outside of translations of Geoffrey of Monmouth
[pen-drag-uh