Draught
/drɑːft/noun
A current of air, a quantity of liquid served or drunk at one time, or an act of drawing up a written document.
Did you know?The writing sense of *draught* comes from the same old Germanic root as *draw*, because a document was literally a thing “drawn up” by hand.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*draganą
“to draw, pull, or drag”
Old English
OE
dræht
“an act of drawing or pulling; a draft or current”
Middle English
ME
draught
“a drawing, a current of air, a dose or portion of liquid, or a written draft”
14th Century
English
draught
“a written version of a document; also an amount drunk at one time”
Modern English
English
draught
“chiefly British spelling of draft; a current of air, a serving of beer, or a preliminary version of text”