Where does “entrainable” come from?
entrainable (English) comes from English entrain, from English train, from Middle English train, from Old French train, from Old French traïner, from Vulgar Latin traginare, from Latin tragēre, from Latin trahere — to run.
entrainable (English): Capable of being entrained, or brought into a...
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- Capable of being entrained, or brought into a...
Ancestry of “entrainable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | entrain | To draw along as a current does; To suspend small... |
| 2 | English | train | Elongated portion; Connected sequence of people... |
| 3 | Middle English | 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 |