Where does “strength training” come from?
strength training (English) comes from English training, 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.
strength training (English): A form of exercise in which the goal is to...
Definitions
- A form of exercise in which the goal is to...
Ancestry of “strength training”, step by step
strength training traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English training
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | training | present participle of train; Action of the verb... |
| 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 English strength
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | strength | The quality or degree of being strong; The... |
| 2 | Middle English | strengthe | strength; Alternative form of strengthen |
| 3 | Old English | strengþu | physical strength; power to do; force; vigour;... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | strangiþu | strength |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | strang | severe, strict, rigorous; strong |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | strangaz | tight, strict, straight; strong |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | strengʰ- | to twist; rope, cord |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |