Where does “entrain” come from?
Entrain comes from French entraîner, formed from the prefix en- and Latin trahere meaning "to pull," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European tragʰ-.
entrain (English): To draw along as a current does; To suspend small...
Definitions
- To draw along as a current does; To suspend small...
Ancestry of “entrain”, step by step
entrain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English train
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | train | Elongated portion; Connected sequence of people... |
| 2 | Middle English | train | — |
| 3 | Old French | train | a delay, a drawing out |
| 4 | Old French | traïner | Alternative form of trainer; to pull out, to draw |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | traginare | present active infinitive of *traginō |
| 6 | Latin | tragēre | — |
| 7 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
via French entrain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | entrain | spirit, liveliness, vivacity, drive |
| 2 | French | entraîner | to coach, to train; to carry, pull, drive; to... |
| 3 | French | en- | en- all meanings |
| 4 | Old French | en- | en- in; into |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |