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Where does “nontrainable” come from?

nontrainable (English) comes from English trainable, 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.

nontrainable (English): untrainable

Definitions

  1. untrainable

Ancestry of “nontrainable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrainableCapable of being trained, teachable, educatable;...
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
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