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
- Any of several processes in which a solid or...
Ancestry of “entrainment”, step by step
entrainment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English entrain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
via French entraînement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | entraînement | training |
| 2 | French | -ment | Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb |
| 3 | Middle French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 4 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 5 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 6 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |