Where does “semitrained” come from?
semitrained (English) comes from English trained, 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.
semitrained (English): Having completed only part of a course of...
Definitions
- Having completed only part of a course of...
Ancestry of “semitrained”, step by step
semitrained traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trained
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trained | Having undergone a course of training;... |
| 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 |