Where does “trainiac” come from?
trainiac (English) comes 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, from Latin traho — to run.
trainiac (English): A railway enthusiast
Definitions
- A railway enthusiast
Ancestry of “trainiac”, step by step
trainiac traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English train
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | train | Elongated portion; Connected sequence of people... |
| 2 | Middle English | train | — |
| 3 | Old French | train | a delay, a drawing out |
| 4 | Old French | traïner | Alternative form of trainer; to pull out, to draw |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | traginare | present active infinitive of *traginō |
| 6 | Latin | tragēre | — |
| 7 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
via English maniac
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maniac | An insane person, especially one who suffers from... |
| 2 | French | maniaque | maniacal; maniac |
| 3 | Latin | maniacus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μανιακός | causing insanity |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μανίᾱ | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | νόσος | sickness, disease, illness; plague; misery,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |