Where does “retrainable” come from?

retrainable (English) comes from English retrain, 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.

retrainable (English): Capable of being retrained

Definitions

  1. Capable of being retrained

Ancestry of “retrainable”, step by step

retrainable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English retrain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishretrainTo train again; especially, to train or study in...
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

via English able

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishableEasy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to
2Middle Englishablecapable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent
3Old Frenchableable; capable
4Latinhabilisable to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient...
5Latin-ilis-ile
6Proto-Italic-elis
7Proto-Indo-European-elis
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “retrainable

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ-