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Where does “entrainment” come from?

Entrainment comes from English entrain, from French entraîner (to draw along), composed of French en- and Latin trahere (to pull or drag).

entrainment (English): Any of several processes in which a solid or...

Definitions

  1. Any of several processes in which a solid or...

Ancestry of “entrainment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishentrainTo draw along as a current does; To suspend small...
2EnglishtrainElongated portion; Connected sequence of people...
3Middle Englishtrain—
4Old Frenchtraina delay, a drawing out
5Old FrenchtraïnerAlternative form of trainer; to pull out, to draw
6Vulgar Latintraginarepresent active infinitive of *traginō
7Latintragēre—
8Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
10Proto-Italictraɣō—
11Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
12Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run

Words derived from “entrainment”

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