Where does “trainerless” come from?
trainerless (English) comes from English trainer, 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.
trainerless (English): Without a trainer
Definitions
- Without a trainer
Ancestry of “trainerless”, step by step
trainerless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trainer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trainer | A person who trains another; a coach; A person... |
| 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 |