Where does “trenbide” come from?
trenbide (Basque) comes from Basque tren, from French train, from Middle French train, from Old French train, from Old French traïner, from Vulgar Latin traginare, from Latin tragēre, from Latin trahere — to run.
trenbide (Basque): railroad; railway
Definitions
- railroad; railway
Ancestry of “trenbide”, step by step
trenbide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Basque tren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basque | tren | train |
| 2 | French | train | train; pace; noise |
| 3 | Middle French | train | — |
| 4 | Old French | train | a delay, a drawing out |
| 5 | Old French | traïner | Alternative form of trainer; to pull out, to draw |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | traginare | present active infinitive of *traginō |
| 7 | Latin | tragēre | — |
| 8 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
via Basque bide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basque | bide | path, track, way; way, manner, method, procedure;... |