Where does “photoentrainment” come from?
photoentrainment (English) comes from English entrainment, 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 — to run.
photoentrainment (English): The entrainment of an organism's circadian rhythm...
Definitions
- The entrainment of an organism's circadian rhythm...
Ancestry of “photoentrainment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | entrainment | Any of several processes in which a solid or... |
| 2 | English | entrain | To draw along as a current does; To suspend small... |
| 3 | English | train | Elongated portion; Connected sequence of people... |
| 4 | Middle English | train | — |
| 5 | Old French | train | a delay, a drawing out |
| 6 | Old French | traïner | Alternative form of trainer; to pull out, to draw |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | traginare | present active infinitive of *traginō |
| 8 | Latin | tragēre | — |
| 9 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |