Where does “trentren” come from?
trentren (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano tren, from Spanish tren, from French train, from Middle French train, from Old French train, from Old French traïner, from Vulgar Latin traginare, from Latin tragēre — to run.
trentren (Cebuano): a millipede; any member of the class Diplopoda
Definitions
- a millipede; any member of the class Diplopoda
Ancestry of “trentren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Cebuano | tren | train. locomotive |
| 2 | Spanish | tren | train |
| 3 | French | train | train; pace; noise |
| 4 | Middle French | train | — |
| 5 | Old French | train | a delay, a drawing out |
| 6 | Old French | traïner | Alternative form of trainer; to pull out, to draw |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | traginare | present active infinitive of *traginō |
| 8 | Latin | tragēre | — |
| 9 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |